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William B. Pickel, age 30, from Cleveland, Tennessee.
Parents: Donald Pickel and Priscilla Redman-Pickel
Spouse: Terra Pickel
Children: Taygen and Addalyn
Schools: Middle Tennessee State University graduate
Date of death: Sunday, September 1, 2019
Death details: Died while participating in a survival training exercise at Fort Rucker, Alabama
Cemetery: Chattanooga National
Source: Cleveland Daily Banner
William Edward Friese, age 30, from Rockport, West Virginia.
Spouse: Married
Children: Children
Military history: 821st Engineer Company, 1092nd Engineer Battalion, 111th Engineer Brigade, Summersville, West Virginia
Date of death: Thursday, July 18, 2019
Death details: Died in Camp Buehring Kuwait from a non-combat related incident
Source: Department of Defense, Army Times, Military Times
Roshain Brooks, age 30, from Brooklyn, New York.
Service era: Iraq
Date of death: Sunday, August 13, 2017
Death details: Died of wounds sustained while engaged in combat operations in Iraq.
Cemetery: 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ryan M. Lohrey, age 30,.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Monday, July 10, 2017
Death details: Among 15 Marines and 1 Navy sailor killed when their aircraft crashed in Mississippi.
Source: Washington Post
John W. Perry, age 30, from Stockton, California, San Joaquin county.
Parents: Stewart Perry
Spouse: Julianne Perry (5 years)
Children: Lena, 5; Gavin, 4
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Pleasant Valley High (2005)
Date of death: Saturday, November 12, 2016
Death details: Died of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device in Bagram, Afghanistan
Cemetery: Arlington National
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, ChicoER News
Kevin J. McEnroe, age 30, from Tucson, Arizona.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Friday, November 4, 2016
Death details: Killed by Jordanian soldier Maareh Towayha. Soldier sentenced to life by a military court
Source: Military Times
Andrew D. Byers, age 30, from Rolesville, North Carolina, Wake county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson
Date of death: Thursday, November 3, 2016
Death details: Died in Kunduz, Afghanistan of wounds sustained while engaging enemy forces
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
David Whitcher, age 30, from Bradford, New Hampshire.
Parents: Victoria (Stewart) Whitcher, preceded by Howard Whitcher
Spouse: Kathlee Whitcher
Children: David J. Whitcher Jr.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Company C, 2nd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group
Date of death: Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Death details: Died at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida during the seven-week Combat Diver Qualification Course
Cemetery: New Hampshire State Veterans, Boscawen
Source: Starts and Stripes Union Leader (2016)
Joseph F. Stiffter, age 30,.
Service era: Iraq
Spouse: Married
Child: Daughter
Military history: 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combate Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas
Date of death: Thursday, January 28, 2016
Death details: Died at Al Asad Airbase, Al Anbar Province, Iraq when his armored HMMWV was involved in a roll-over accident.
Source: Department of Defense, Stars and Stripes
Peter W. Taub, age 30, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 816, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota
Date of death: Monday, December 21, 2015
Death details: Died of wounds suffered when patrol was attacked by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle near Bagram Air Base Afghanistan
Sources: Department of Defense, Military Times