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Stephen R. Dwyer, age 38, from Montgomery County Clarksville, Tennnessee .
Schools: Enterprise High in Alabama (2004)
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, AL.com (2023), Stars and Stripes (2023)
Lisa Maria Soto, age 38, from Florence, South Carolina.
Service era: Afghanistan
Parents: Mosezella McCray Thomas Pearson (preceded in death) and Jonell McFadden Sr.
Children: Johnny Soto Jr., Jalen Soto, Dondre Lazaiver Palmer
Military history: Served in the Army for more than 20 years. Deployed to Iraq in 2004-05 and Afghanistan in 2011-12. Assigned for Fort Lee since 2017.
Date of death: Saturday, January 2, 2021
Death details: Died at John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell, Virginia from complications from COVID-19
Source: WWBT, Richmond Times Dispatch, Smith Funeral Home of Florence
Kevin R. Hermann, age 38, from New Bern, North Carolina.
Spouse: Married
Children: Three daughters
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, WCFTI
Kyle Milliken, age 38, from Falmouth, Maine.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Killed during an operation against al-Shabaab in a remote area about 40 miles west of Mogadishu
Date of death: Friday, May 5, 2017
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Andrew J. Clement, age 38, from Massachusetts.
Date of death: Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Death details: Died of a non-combat related injury while deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti
Sources: Department of Defense, Military Times
Jason P. May, age 38, from Chesterfield, Michigan.
Parents: Pamela Slanec and Phillip May
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Sunday, June 28, 2015
Death details: Died on board the USS Essex after experience chest pains and collapsing while the ship was at sea.
Source: Department of Defense; Associated Press, Military Times
William K. Lacey, age 38, from Laurel, Florida.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 201st Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Date of death: Saturday, January 4, 2014
Death details: Died in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan of injuries sustained when the enemy attacked his unit with rocket propelled grenades.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James L. Smith, age 38, from Huffman, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28, Shreveport, Lousiana
Date of death: Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Death details: Died in Landstuhl, Germany from a non-combat related incident.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Mark H. Schoonhoven, age 38, from Plainwell, Michigan, Allegan county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 32nd Transportation Company, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
Date of death: Sunday, January 20, 2013
Death details: Died at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston from wounds suffered when enemy forces attcked his unit with an improvised explosive device on December 15, 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Walter D. Gray, age 38, from Conyers, Georgia, Rockdale county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 13th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Carson, Colorado.
Date of death: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Death details: Died from injuries suffered during a suicide bomb attack in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times