Promote & Preserve stories of U.S. fallen soldiers/sailors
Cesar Gonzalez, age 21, from Cook County Chicago, Illinois .
Service era: Post Afghanistan
Military history: Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry Rgiment, 198th Infantry Brigade
Date of death: Friday, October 20, 2023
Death details: Died at For Moore, Georgia during infantry traning after succumbing to a medical emergency.
Source: Millitary.com
Eleanor LeBeau, age 29, from Saint Clair County Belleville, Illinois .
Service era: Post Afghanistan
Military history: Assigned to”the Red Lions” of Marine Medium Tilrotor Squadron 363
Date of death: Sunday, August 27, 2023
Death details: Killed in the crash of an MV-22B off the coast of Darwin, Australia
Source: USNI News
Joel Gomez, age 42, from Wheaton, Illinois, DuPage county.
Service era: Iraq
Date of death: Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Death details: Died after developing pneumonia and kidney problems. He lived with quadriplegia since breaking his spine in two places while on a combat mission in 2004. His armored vehicle on March 17, 2004 toppled into the Tigris River. It was unknown whether an explosive device or the weight of the vehicle caused the road to collapse.
Cemetery: Abraham Lincoln National
Source: Chicago Tribune (2022)
Matthew D. Moyes, age 54, from Peru, Illinois.
Parents: John W. and Phyllis (McLaughlin) Moyes, both prededed in death
Children: Shane, Grace and step children Krystle and Michael
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 7403rd Troop Medical Clinic, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Date of death: Monday, September 20, 2021
Death details: Died from complication from COVID 19. at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee, Illinois
Cemetery: National Cemetery, Rock Island
Source: Defense Department, Rafferty Funeral Home
Ryan L. Crosby, age 39, from Elgin, Illinois.
Parents: Julie McNees
Spouse: Tatiana Crosby (married 19 years)
Children: Annabella, Camilla
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Death details: Died from complication from COVID 19.
Source: Defense Department, Altmeyer Funeral Homes
Jeremy Cain Sherman, age 23, from Watseka, Illinois.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Thursday, November 12, 2020
Death details: Among five soldiers killed in Egypt when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed from a mechanical malfunction.
Source: ABC News, Military Times
Michael Isaiah Nance, age 24, from Chicago, Illinois, Cook county.
Parents: Shawn Gregoire
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Monday, July 29, 2019
Death details: Died in Tarin Kowt, Uruuzgan Province, Afghanistanfrom wounds sustained in a combat related incident
Cemetery: Abraham Lincoln National
Source: Department of Defense, chicagocrusader.com, Military Times
Tyler Iubelt, age 20, from DuQuoin, Illinois, Perry county.
Parents: Michael Iubelt and Charlotte Stiens
Spouse: Shelby A. Crews (married Oct. 30, 2015
Children: Violet Iubelt, 6 months
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Pinckneyville High (2015)
Military history: Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Saturday, November 12, 2016
Death details: Died of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device in Bagram, Afghanistan
Cemetery: Sunset Memorial Park, DuQuoin
Source: Department of Defense, Searby Funeral Homes, Military Times
Douglas J. Riney, age 26, from Fairview, Illinois, Fulton county.
Parents: Dave and Pam Chabotte Riney
Spouse: Kylie Eddy (Dec. 29, 2012)
Children: Elea and James Riney
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Spoon River Valley High graduate
Military history: Support Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Thursday, October 20, 2016
Death details: Died in Kabul, Afghanistan of wounds received from encountering hostile enemy forces
Cemetery: Oak Ridge, Farmington
Source: Department of Defense, sedgwick funeral homes, Military Times
Christopher A. Wilbur, age 36, from Granite City, Illinois.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Friday, August 12, 2016
Death details: Died in Kandahar, Afghanistan from a non-combat related injury
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times