Diobanjo S. Sanagustin, age 32, from National City, California.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry, Fort Carson, Colorado
Date of death: Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Death details: Died from a non-combat related incident at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense
Carlosvictor Ganzon Sibayan, age 23, from Chula Vista, California.
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, USNI News
Charles H. Keating IV, age 31, from San Diego, California.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: West Coast-based Navy SEAL Team
Date of death: Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Death details: Died in Tall Usquf, Iraq of combat related causes
Source: Department of Defense
Miguel Ortiz, age 27, from Vista, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Spouse: Susie Ortiz
Military history: Enlisted in March 2006.
Date of death: Monday, November 13, 2013
Death details: Killed in an explosion during range maintenance operations to dispose of unexploded ordnance in the Zulu impact area aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Killed were Gunnery Sgt. Gregory J. Mullins, Staff Sgt. Mathew R. Marsh, Staff Sgt. Eric W. Summers and Sgt. Miguel Ortiz.
Source: cbs8.com, San Diego Union Tribune
Jennifer M. Moreno, age 25, from San Diego, California, San Diego county.
Parents: Raised by her mother following the death of her father.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: University of San Francisco graduate
Military history: Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
Date of death: Sunday, October 6, 2013
Death details: Killed in an attack in Panjwai District of Afghanistan. The four killed were Army Rangers Sgt. Patrick C. Hawkins, 25, assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, at Fort Benning, Ga.; Pfc. Cody J. Patterson, 24, assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, at Fort Benning, Ga.;1st Lt. Jennifer M. Moreno, 25, assigned to Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., and attached to a joint special operations task force as a Cultural Support Team member; and Special Agent Joseph M. Peters, 24, assigned to the 286th Military Police Detachment (CID), 5th Military Police Battalion, Vicenza, Italy.
Source: Fox News, Military Times, The Coast News (2021)
Trinidad Santiago, age 25, from San Diego, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 4th Battalion, 42 Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.
Date of death: Thursday, May 2, 2013
Death details: Died in Camp Buehring, Kuwait of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident. Pfc. Charles P. McClure was also killed.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Camella M. Steedley, age 31, from San Diego, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California.
Date of death: Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Death details: Died while supporting combat operations in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Nicholas C. Fredsti, age 30, from San Diego, California, San Diego county.
Parents: Carl Fredsti and Sherry Fredsti
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Posthumously awarded Bronze Star and Purple Heart. Enlisted in August 2000
Date of death: Friday, June 15, 2012
Death details: Died in Spedar, Afghanistan when insurgents attacked his unit with small arms fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Fayetteville Observer, Military Times
Nicholas S. Johnson, age 27, from San Diego, California, San Diego county.
Parents: Joni Johnson
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Chino High (2002)
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii. Joined the Army in September 2003.
Date of death: Thursday, April 19, 2012
Death details: Died in Helmand Province, Afghanistan when his Black Hawk (UH-60) crashed. Killed were CWO Nicholas S. Johnson, CWO Don C. Viray, Sgt. Chris J. Workman, Sgt Dean R. Shaffer Posthumously awarded a Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart.
Source: Department of Defense, San Diego Union Tribune, Military Times
Cesar Cortez, age 24, from Oceanside, California, San Diego county.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 5th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 32nd Army Air and Missle Defense Command, Fort Bliss, Texas.
Date of death: Saturday, February 11, 2012
Death details: Died in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Iraq in a vehicle accident
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times