Andrew Cully, age 35, from Christian County Sparta, Missouri .
Service era: Post war on terror
Date of death: Monday, September 22, 2025
Death details: Killed when the military helicopter he was on crashed near a base in Washington state.
Zachary Esparza, age 36, from Jackson, Missouri, Cape Girardeau 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
Jared M. Schmitz, age 20, from Saint Charles, Missouri.
Parents: Mark Schmitz
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine expeditionary force, Camp Pendleton, California
Date of death: Thursday, August 26, 2021
Death details: Killed when a suicide bomber approached a group of Marines processing refugees at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
Source: Department of Defense, WYFF, St. Louis Post Dispatch
Robin Nicole Collins, age 26, from Saint Louis, Missouri, Saint Louis county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Sixth Fleet in Naples Italy
Date of death: Sunday, July 18, 2021
Death details: Robin was on a classified mission at an undisclosed location when due to unpredictable, sudden and intense weather conditions a roof and chimney of a building collapsed on her.
Source: Navy Times, Saint Charles County Veterans Museum
Michael B. Riley, age 32, from St. Louis, Missouri.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado
Date of death: Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Death details: Died from wounds sustained from small arms fire while engaged in combat operations
Source: Department of Defense, Fox2now
Jackson D. Johnson, age 20, from Hillsboro, Missouri.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Death details: Sgt. Holli R. Bolinski and Spc. Jackson D. Johnson died when their military vehicle collided with a civilian commercial truck in Northern Kuwait
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Ryan Connolly, age 37, from Manchester, Missouri.
Spouse: Sierra Connolly
Children: Two young boys
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Friday, April 6, 2018
Death details: Killed when his Apache helicopter crash during a drill at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky
Source: Fox News
Matthew H. Walker, age 20, from Hillsboro, Missouri.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Thursday, June 5, 2014
Death details: Died in Paktika Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when his unit was attacked by enemy fire.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Eric W. Summers, age 32, from Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Butler county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Enlisted July 2000.
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, Missourinet
Joseph M. Peters, age 24, from Springfield, Missouri, Greene county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 286th Military Police Detachment, 5th Military Police Battalion, Vicenza, Italy
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, U.S. Army