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Eleanor LeBeau, age 29, from Saint Clair County Belleville, Illinois .
Service era: Post Afghanistan
Military history: Assigned to”the Red Lions” of Marine Medium Tilrotor Squadron 363
Date of death: Sunday, August 27, 2023
Death details: Killed in the crash of an MV-22B off the coast of Darwin, Australia
Source: USNI News
Katerina Weikel, age 29, from Killeen, Texas, Bell county.
Spouse: Jessica Mezenen
Children: Oliver Mezenen, Dexter Mezenen, Penelope Mezenen
Service era: Post war on terror
Military history: 64th Military Police Company at Fort Hood
Date of death: Monday, March 13, 2023
Cemetery: Central Texas State Veterans in Killeen
Source: mySanAntonio.com, Crawford Bowers Funeral Home
Paul Lincoln Olmstead, age 29, from Spring City, Utah, Sanpete County
Spouse: Danaya Morin
Children: Two children
Parents: Brian and Sonia Olmstead
Schools: North Sanpete High (2010), Utah Valley University
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Utah National Guard, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group
Date of death: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Death details: Died during a water training exercise at the Joe Swing Park Reservoir near Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Source: Starts and Stripes, Sanpete Messenger (2022)
Angel Cortes – Torres, age 29, from Stratford, Connecticut.
Parents: Angel Iram Cortes and Maria Veronica Torres
Spouse: Diana Sarai Lanche
Children: None
Parents: Angel Iram Cortes and Maria Veronica Torres
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: J.M. Wright Technical School (2008)
Military history: Connecticut National Guard
Date of death: Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Death details: Died during Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Suffered a medical emergency while conducting a non-strenuous activity.
Source: Stars and Stripe, CT Post, KNSI, Legacy
Ian McLaughlin, age 29, from Newport News, Virginia.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 307th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Saturday, January 11, 2020
Death details: Killed when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Larry Jr. Litton, age 29, from Martinsville, Indiana
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Saturday, December 7, 2019
Death details: Found unresponsive at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana
Source: Army Times, Indiana Public Media
Andrew St. John, age 29, from Greenwood, Indiana.
Spouse: Married
Children: Two children
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Company B, 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Thursday, August 15, 2019
Death details: Died at Fort Hood, Texas in a tactical vehicle accident
Source: Indianapolis Star, Indiana National Guard
Andrew P. Ross, age 29, from Lexington, Virginia.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Rock Bridge County High
Date of death: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Death details: Killed by a roadside bomb in central Afghanistan
Source: WTVR, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, Military Times
Dustin Wright, age 29, from Lyon, Georgia.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg
Date of death: Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Death details: Died in southwest Niger as a result of enemy fire
Source: Washington Post, Military TImes
William M. Bays, age 29, from Barstow, California.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Company D, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, KY.
Date of death: Saturday, June 10, 2017
Death details: Died in Peka Valley, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan of gunshot wounds.
Cemetery: Five miles of US Highway 79 in Kentucky named in his honor
Source: Department of Defense, WHOP