Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Nicholas P. Losapio, age 31, from Rockingham, New Hampshire, Rockingham county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
Date of death: Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Death details: Died in a training mission when an MV-22B Osprey crashed in the desert of Southern California
Source: U.S. Marines
Darin T. Hoover, age 31, from Salt Lake City, Utah, Salt Lake county.
Parents: Darin Hoover
Spouse: None
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine expeditionary force, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Thursday, August 26, 2021
Source: Department of Defense, USA Today
Micah Walker, age 31, from Falcon, Colorado.
Parents: Dawn and Gerald Walker
Spouse: Corinne (Cori)
Children: Three children
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Colorado Christian High, Honor Academy in Garden Valley, Texas
Military history: Company A, 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group
Date of death: Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Death details: Died at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida during the seven-week Combat Diver Qualification Course
Source: Starts and Stripes, Everegreen Funeral Home
Keith Lewis, age 31, from Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Spouse: Sarah Lewis, 34 (pregnant)
Children: Daughter, 3
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Special operations combat medic. Deployed once from 2009 to 2010 with the 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Airborne)
Date of death: Sunday, December 20, 2020
Death details: Died from a self-inflicted gunshot wounds at his family’s home. In the same incident, police said he shot and killed his pregnant wife.
Source: Stars and Stripes, WWSB
Seth Vernon Vandekamp, age 31, from Katy, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: A.T. Still University in Kirksville, Missouri graduate
Date of death: Thursday, November 12, 2020
Death details: Among five soldiers killed in Egypt when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed from a mechanical malfunction.
Source: ABC News, KTVO
Dustin B. Ard, age 31, from Hyde Park, Utah.
Parents: Bruce Ard
Spouse: Mary Ard (pregnant with son)
Children: Reagan, 3
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Meridian Medical Arts Charter High (2006)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
Date of death: Thursday, August 29, 2019
Death details: Died from wounds sustained while engaged in combat operation in Zabul Province, Afghanistan; died after disembarking a helicopter at the start of a joint mission with Afghan commandos
Source: Department of Defense, New York Times, Salt Lake Tribune, KTVB, Military Times
Luis F. DeLeon-Figueroa, age 31, from Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Children: Two daughters: 9 ,2
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
Date of death: Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Death details: Died in Faryab Province, Afghanistan from wounds sustained from small arms fire while engaged in combat operations
Cemetery: Agawam Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Source: Department of Defense, masslive.com
Elliott J. Robbins, age 31, from Ogden, Utah.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado
Date of death: Sunday, June 30, 2019
Death details: Died in Helmand Province, Afghanistan from a non-combat related incident
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Benjamin S. Hines, age 31, from York, Pennsylvania.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve
Date of death: Monday, April 8, 2019
Death details: Died while conducting combat operations in Parwan Province, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, York Daily Record
Emil Rivera-Lopez, age 31, of San Juan, Perto Rico.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Friday, August 25, 2017
Death details: Died when the Black Hawk helicopter he was on crashed about 20 miles off the coast of Yemen during a training mission.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times