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Stewart Duane Wayment, age 32, from North Logan, Utah, Cache county.
Parents: Stacie Weaver and Neal C. Wayment
Spouse: Kiara
Children: Duane Joseph, Augustus James, Orion Leo
Service era: Post War on Terror
Schools: Coronado High in Henderson, Nevada, Utah State University
Date of death: Thursday, April 27, 2023
Death details: Killed when two helicopter collided in Alaska while returning from a training mission
Source: New York Post (2023), Standard Examiner (2023)
Aaron Healy, age 32, from Cape Coral, Florida, Lee 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
Rusten Smith, age 32, from Rolla, Missouri, Phelps 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
Damion Francis, age 32,.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Soldier Recovery Unit at Fort Carson, Colorado
Date of death: Monday, October 18, 2021
Death details: Died from complication from COVID 19.
Source: Military Times
Bruce Keffer, age 32, from Garland, Texas.
Parents: Kristi Utley and Bruce Keffer; stepfather Doug Utley
Spouse: Brooke Keffer, married 8 years
Children: Cash, 7; Avery, 4
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Expeditionary Warefare Training Group Atlantic
Date of death: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Death details: Died from complication from COVID 19.
Source: Defense Department, Rest Haven
Keith A. Rambo, age 32, from Muskegon, Michigan.
Service era: Afghanistan
Children: Steven A., Jacob T., Nateleigh M. Rmabo
Parents: Michael and Karen Rambo
Military history: 47th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team
Date of death: Sunday, July 18, 2021
Death details: While stationed at Fort Bliss, killed in a car accident in El Paso.
Source: Army Times, linkedin, Legacy
Michael B. Riley, age 32, from St. Louis, Missouri.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado
Date of death: Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Death details: Died from wounds sustained from small arms fire while engaged in combat operations
Source: Department of Defense, Fox2now
Christopher Andrew Celiz, age 32, from Summerville, South Carolina.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Friday, December 7, 2018
Death details: Died in Afghanistan of injuries sustained from enemy small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Diobanjo S. Sanagustin, age 32, from National City, California.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry, Fort Carson, Colorado
Date of death: Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Death details: Died from a non-combat related incident at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense
Travis R. Tamayo, age 32, from Brownsville, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 202nd Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Gordon, Georgia
Date of death: Friday, September 16, 2016
Death details: Died in Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates in a non-combat incident
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times