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
Roy Robert Booth, age 19, from Killeen, Texas, Bell county.
Parents: Maynard C. Booth
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: 35th Infantry Regiment
Date of death: Saturday, May 27, 1967
Death details: Killed by small arms fire, Quang Ngai Province. Bronze Service Medal citation: For heroism in action while engaged in military operations against an armed hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam. On 27 May 1967 Specialist Four Booth distinguished himself while serving as a rifleman with Company B, 2/35th Infantry. During an assault landing of Company B, three helicopters were hit by enemy small arms fire, causing one to burst into flames, entrapping two occupants and mortally wounding a third. Specialist Four Booth unhesitatingly volunteered to get them out, even though the enemy was still firing on the landing zone from several directions. He got up from his protective position and ran to the burning helicopter, his only thought to save the lives of the men still inside. But the enemy fire was too intense, and before he could reach the aircraft, he fell, mortally wounded. Specialist Four Booth’s gallant and courageous actions are in keeping with the most cherished traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
Cemetery: Enon Baptist Church in College Park, Georgia
Source: National Archives, 35th Infantry Regiment Association