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Shane M. Barnes, age 34, from Sacramento County Sacramento, California .
Schools: Gonzaga University (2011)
Date of death: Friday, November 10, 2023
Death details: Killed in a helicopter crash in the Mediterranean Sea during routine flight training.
Source: Department of Defense, The Tennessean (2023), Stars and Stripes (2023)
Timothy Luke Manchester, age 34, from Austin, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Texas Air National Guard; Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 36th Infantry Division, Camp Mabry, Texas
Date of death: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Death details: Died in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait in a non-combat related incident
Cemetery: Department of Defense, Texas Air National Guard
James Wento, age 34, from Lynn, Massachusetts.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Wheeled mechanic with the 2-2Assault Helicopter Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade at Camp Humphreys
Date of death: Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Death details: Died when his military vehicle overturned during training at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex outside Pocheon, South Korea
Source: Star and Stripes, 2nd Infantry Division, United Press Internsational
Levi A. Presley, age 34, from Milwaukie, Oregon.
Spouse: Erin Presley
Children: Six children
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne
Date of death: Saturday, December 12, 2020
Death details: Died in Fort Walton Beach, Florida from “unforeseen medical complications” diagnoised as Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
Source: Star and Stripes
Dallas Gearld Garza, age 34, from Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Children: Three children
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: 71st High, Fayetteville, 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, WRAL
Diego D. Pongo, age 34, from California, Simi Valley county.
Service era: Iraq
Child: Daughter
Schools: Simi Valley High (2003), Moorpark College
Date of death: Sunday, March 8, 2020
Death details: Died while clearing a tunnel complex of Islamic State fighters in the Makhmur Mountains of southern Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, VC Star
Moises A. Navas, age 34, from Maryland, Germantown county.
Service era: Iraq
Date of death: Sunday, March 8, 2020
Death details: Died while supporting Iraqi security forces in north central Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ellis A. Barreto Ortiz, age 34, from Morovis, Puerto Rico.
Spouse: Legna Barreto
Children: Three children
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Thursday, September 5, 2019
Death details: Killed in action when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, CNN, News & Observor, Military Times
Kevin Sullivan, age 34, from Chesaning, Michigan.
Service era: Afghanistan
Family: Fiance’ Holly Martin and parents Lois (Groh) Sullivan and Patrick Sullivan
Schools: Detroit Catholic Central High (2003), Eastern Michigan University (2012)
Date of death: Monday, July 22, 2019
Death details: Killed by a falling tree during a training exercise at Fort Pickett
Source: WLNS, Detroit Free Press, Molnar Funeral Homes
Jacob Hess, age 34,.
Parents: Ross and Carol Hess
Spouse: Jessica (September 21, 2017)
Children: Crystin, Zoey, Elizabeth Caroline, Everest
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 97th Civil Affairs Battalion, 95th Civil Affairs Brigade at Fort Bragg, Norrth Carolina
Date of death: Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Death details: Died in a vehicle rollover at Fort Polk, Louisiana’s Joint Readiness Training Center
Source: Army Times, Kansas City Star, Military Times