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Emilie Marie Eve Bolanos, age 23, from Austin, Texas, Travis 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, Austin American Statesman (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
Job M. Reigoux, age 30, from Austin, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia.
Date of death: Saturday, June 1, 2013
Death details: Died in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with a rocket propelled grenade.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nelson D. Trent, age 37, from Austin, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, Fort Worth, Texas.
Date of death: Thursday, December 13, 2012
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Juan P. Navarro, age 23, from Austin, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
Date of death: Saturday, July 7, 2012
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan when he was attacked with an improvised explosive device.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James M. Darrough, age 38, from Austin, Texas, Travis county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 101st Finance Company, 101st Special Troops Battalion, 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Saturday, October 29, 2011
Death details: Died in Kabul Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device. Killed were Lt. Col. David E. Cabrera, Staff Sgt. Christopher R. Newman, Sgt. James M. Darrough, Sgt. Carlo F. Eugenio.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Brian K. Lundy, age 25, from Austin, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Hospital corpsman to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Friday, September 9, 2011
Death details: Died while conducting a dismounted patrol in Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Shaun M. Mittler, age 32, from Austin, Texas.
Parents: Terry Mittler
Children: Christine Mae Mittler
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Oak Park High
Military history: 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Enlisted 1998, Purple Heart, Bronze Star
Date of death: Saturday, July 10, 2010
Death details: Died in Konar, Afghanistan of injuries sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit using rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fires.
Source: Department of Defense, Kansas City Star, Military Times
Bobby J. Pagan, age 23, from Austin, Texas, Travis county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. Enlisted March 2009
Date of death: Saturday, February 13, 2010
Death details: Among three who died of wounds suffered while on foot patrol when suicide bomber on motorcyle attacked them in Zhari Province, Afghanistan.
Cemetery: Assumption Cemetery, Austin
Source: Department of Defense, Lakeland Ledger, WECT
Jaime Jr Gonzalez, age 40, from Austin, Texas, Multiple county.
Spouse: Wife
Service era: Iraq
Schools: Premont High
Military history: 436 Chemical Company, Laredo, Tx
Date of death: Sunday, August 3, 2008
Death details: Hostile; Kabul, Afghanistan; Convoy struck by a makeshift bomb during security checks
Cemetery: Fort Bliss National
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times, Austin American-Statesman, findagrave