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Taylor Mitchell, age 30, from Mountain Brook, Alabama, Jefferson county.
Service era: Post war on terror
Date of death: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Death details: Among nine killed in a mid-air collision involving two Black Hawk helicopters near Fort Campbell, Kentucky during a routine training mission.
Source: CBS News
George Lindley Taber, age 30, from Glen Saint Mary, Florida, Baker county.
Parents: Melynda Sheri (Rea) Coker, stepfather Robert (Trey) Coker, George L. Taber IV, stepmother LaNell (Keahey) Taber)
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Conway High, Arkansas (2010); Hendrix College (2014)
Military history: Quint entered the Army in March 2017 and completed Advanced Individual Training at Ft. Benning, GA. He completed the Special Forces (SF) Qualification Course in 2018 and continued through the SF pipeline, completing 18D Combat Medical Sergeant Training, Military Freefall Parachutist Course, Spanish Language school, SF Sniper Course, and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Course. Quint was assigned to Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) 7214, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
Date of death: Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Death details: Died during a training exercise in Dahlonega, Georgia after being stuck by a falling tree at Yonah Mountain.
Cemetery: Jacksonville National
Source: WKMG, Orlando Sentinel, Quinn-Shalz Family Funeral Home
James W. Speedy, age 30, from Cambridge, Ohio, Guernsey county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: “Raging Bulls” of Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261 based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina
Date of death: Friday, March 18, 2022
Death details: Among four Marines who died when their MV-22B Osprey crashed near the town of Bodo, Norway.
Source: Jacksonville Daily News, Assosiated Press
Miles Jordan Tarron, age 30, from McAlester, Oklahoma.
Service era: Afghanistan
Spouse: Ryann (Uselton) – married March 11, 2013.
Children: Calleigh and Clayton
Parents: Michael Tarron and Angie Gardner Miller
School: McAlester High (2010)
Military history: 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
Date of death: Sunday, November 28, 2021
Death details: Found dead in his vehicle in Anchorage, Alaska. Foul play not suspected.
Source: Army Times, Anchorage Daily News, Brumley-Mills Funeral Home
Raymond Lopez, age 30, from Fresno, California.
Parents: Vidalinda Thompkins and Edmond Lopez Jr.
Spouse: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Hoover High (2008)
Military history: 75th Ranger Regiment
Date of death: Monday, September 13, 2021
Cemetery: Saint Peter’s, Fresno
Source: CBS 17, Chapel of Light, Military Times
Daniel Prial, age 30, from Rochester, New York.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: West Point
Military history: New York Army National Guard. Veteran of Afghanistan War.
Date of death: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Death details: Died when the UH-60 medical evacutation helicopter he was in crashed in Mendon, New York during a routine training mission.
Source: NBC 4 New York, The Daily News in Batavia, Wilton Bulletin
Kelliann Leli, age 30, from Parlin, New Jersey.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 60th Healthcare Operations Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California
Date of death: Friday, November 27, 2020
Death details: Died in a non-combat related vehicle incident at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ryan S. Phaneuf, age 30, from Hudson, New Hampshire.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 37th Bomb Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota
Date of death: Monday, January 27, 2020
Death details: Died in the crash of a Bombardier E-11A aircraft in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Charles P. Nord, age 30, of Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Spouse: Kaley Nord
Child: Lydia, 2; also expecting a child.
Schools: Perham High (2007), Minnesota State Community and Technical College Moorhead (2011)
Military history: 34th Combat Aviation Brigade, assigned to Company C, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Date of death: Thursday, December 5, 2019
Death details: A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying him crashed in Kimball, Minnesota, killing three guardsmen. They were conducting a maintenance test flight
Source: WCCO, Pioneer Press (2019), Detroit Lakes Trubune (2019)
Alexis Sanchez, age 30
Service era: Afghanistan
Child: Grayson, 2
Date of death: Sunday, October 27, 2019
Death details: Shot and killed at his Colorado Springs apartment by a fellow Fort Carson soldier who witnesses said was “messing with” a gun in another room when it went off. Officers found Sanchez with a fatal gunshot wound in his chest.
Source: Colorado Springs Gazette