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Tobin Lewis, age 37, from Park County Jefferson, Colorado .
Service era: Post Afghanistan
Military history: Assigned to”the Red Lions” of Marine Medium Tilrotor Squadron 363
Date of death: Sunday, August 27, 2023
Death details: Killed in the crash of an MV-22B off the coast of Darwin, Australia
Source: USNI News
Durwood Jones, age 37, from Sun Prarie, Wisconsin.
Spouse: Corrine Jones
Children: Two children
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Wisconsin National Guard, 115th Fighter Wing based in Madison
Date of death: Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Death details: Jones was the pilot of an F-16 Firghting Falcon that crashed in the Hiawatha National Forest in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Source: WLNC, WBAY
William J. Lavigne, age 37, from Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company
Date of death: Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Death details: He and an Army veteran were found dead at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Army said the deaths weren’t related to official training and foul play is suspected.
Cemetery: Star and Stripes
Source: Stars and Stripes
Holli R. Bolinski, age 37, from Pinckneyville, Illinois.
Service era: Afghanistan
Spouse: Robert M. Bolinski (married November 4, 2017)
Children: Kendal Woodside, Kamden Woodside, Bryson Shearer, Hayden Shearer, Eva Shearer
Parents: Janie (Richard) Meier, Janie (Lee) Sroka-Meier
Military history: 103rd Sustainment Command, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
Date of death: Friday, March 5, 2019
Death details: Sgt. Holli R. Bolinski and Spc. Jackson D. Johnson died when their military vehicle collided with a civilian commeral truck in Northern Kuwait
Cemetery: St. Bruno Catholic Church, Pinckneyville
Source: Department of Defense, Leader Publications, Military Times, South Illinosian
Ryan Connolly, age 37, from Manchester, Missouri.
Spouse: Sierra Connolly
Children: Two young boys
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Friday, April 6, 2018
Death details: Killed when his Apache helicopter crash during a drill at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky
Source: Fox News
Gary Leo Rehm, age 37, from Elyria, Ohio.
Spouse: Erin
Schools: Oberlin High graduate
Date of death: Saturday, June 17, 2017
Death details: reported missing after the USS Fitzgerald collided with a Philippines-based merchant vessel at 2:20 a.m. June 17, 2017 while most of the 300 sailors aboard were sleeping.
Source: Navy, Cleveland.com, USNI News
Pablo A. Ruiz, age 37, from Melbourne, Florida.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Group Support Battalion, 3rd Special Force Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Sunday, May 24, 2015
Death details: Died in Bagram, Afghanistan from a non-combat related incident.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ramon S. Morris, age 37, from New York, New York.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Friday, December 12, 2014
Death details: Died in Parwan Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
George A. Bannar, age 37, from Orange, Virginia, Orange county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Date of death: Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Death details: Died of injuried sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire in Wardak Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James E. Groves, age 37, from Kettering, Ohio.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia.
Date of death: Saturday, March 16, 2013
Death details: Killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan in a helicopter crash
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times