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Stephen Khou, age 36, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia county.
Service era: Post War on Terror
Military history: 32nd Weapons Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada
Date of death: Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Death details: Died in a non-combat incident at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
Source: Department of Defense
Zachary Esparza, age 36, from Jackson, Missouri, Cape Girardeau 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
Jeffrey Fonteneau, age 36,.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Recruiting Station Raleigh, North Carolina
Date of death: Sunday, September 19, 2021
Death details: Died from complication from COVID 19.
Source: Defense Department
Bradley Moore, age 36, of Evansville, Indiana, Vanderburgh County
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Texas Army National Guard
Spouse: Christal Moore
Children: Cole Andrew, Erica Nicol
Date of death: Thursday, August 13, 2020
Death details: Was completing a land navigation course when he died at Ft. Hood
Source: CNN, New York Post
Nathan Goodman, age 36, from Hope Mills, North Carolina, Cook county.
Spouse: Kelly Goodman
Children: Lillyana, 10, and Ethan 8
Service era: Afghanistan
School: Thornton Fractional South High (2002)
Parents: Donna and Larry Goodman
Date of death: Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Death details: Died during a free-fall parachute training exercise in Arizona
Source: Chicago Tribine, Chicago Sun Times, Lansing Journal
James M. Brophy, age 36, from Staatsburg, New York.
Spouse: Erica
Children: Son, 4; daughter, 1
School: Franklin D. Roosevelt High graduate
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Thursday, December 6, 2018
Death details: Killed in a plane crash off the coast of Japen
Source: NBC News, Poughkeepsie Journal
Reymund Rarogal, age 36, from Walkoloa, Hawaii.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Joint Base Lew
Date of death: Sunday, August 12, 2018
Death details: Died of wounds after an improvised explosive device detonated near him while he was conducting combat patrol operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense
Conrad Robinson, age 36, from Los Angeles, California.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Thursday, May 24, 2018
Death details: Died at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo from a non-combat related incident
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Christopher A. Wilbur, age 36, from Granite City, Illinois.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Friday, August 12, 2016
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan from a non-combat related injury
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Adrianna M. Vorderbruggen, age 36, from Plymouth, Minnesota.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Air Force Office of Special Investigations, 9th Field Investigation Suadron, Elgin Air Force Base, Florida
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