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Jesse Robert Cruz, age 23, from Kileen, Texas.
Spouse: Briana Celiz (married May 2020)
Children: Giavonna Kapri Cruz
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood
Date of death: Saturday, August 13, 2022
Death details: Killed in an hit-and-run accident when his motorcycle was hit by a pickup truck.
Source: Viss Family Funeral Home, KWTX
Aaron Amponsah Smith, age 31, from Killeen, Texas, Bell county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: Battery C, 4Th Battalion, 27Th Field Artillery, (4 Id), Bamberg, Germany
Date of death: Thursday, September 14, 2006
Death details: Hostile; 10Th Csh, Baghdad, Iraq
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Scott Lee Roth, age 19, from Kileen, Texas, Bell county.
Service era: Operation Just Cause Panama
Date of death: Wednesday, December 20, 1989
Cemetery: Rock Island National, Illinois
Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Arlington National Cemetery, Department of Veterans Affairs