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Felix A. Berrios, age 33, from Travis County Houston, Texas .
Service era: Post Afghanistan
Military history: 25th Signal Battalion, 160th Signal Brigade, U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
Date of death: Friday, November 3, 2023
Death details: Died at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar from a non-combat related incident.
Source: Department of Defense
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
Christian D’Andrea, age 22, from Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Friday, November 12, 2021
Death details: Found dead in his Fairbanks, Alaska home
Source: Army Times
Yancy Williams, age 54,.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 451st Civil Affairs Battalion, Houston, Texas
Date of death: Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Death details: Died from complication from COVID 19.
Cemetery: Forest Hill in Livingston, Texas
Source: Defense Department, Legacy.com
Bruce Keffer, age 32, from Garland, Texas.
Parents: Kristi Utley and Bruce Keffer; stepfather Doug Utley
Spouse: Brooke Keffer, married 8 years
Children: Cash, 7; Avery, 4
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Expeditionary Warefare Training Group Atlantic
Date of death: Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Death details: Died from complication from COVID 19.
Source: Defense Department, Rest Haven
David L. Espinoza, age 20, from Rio Bravo, Texas, Webb county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Lyndon B. Johnson High
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: Died as the result of an enemy attack while supporting non-combatant evacuation operations in Kabul, Afghanistan
Cemetery: City of Laredo
Source: Department of Defense, NBC
Seth Vernon Vandekamp, age 31, from Katy, Texas.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: A.T. Still University in Kirksville, Missouri graduate
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, KTVO
David C. Knadle, age 33, from Tarrant, Texas.
Children: Starling
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Date of death: Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Death details: died when his helicopter crashed while providing security for ground troops in Logar Province, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, KWTX, Military Times
Allen Levi Stigler, age 22, from Arlington, Texas.
Service era: Iraq
Military history: 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Sunday, August 13, 2017
Death details: Died of wounds sustained while engaged in combat operations in Iraq.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
James F. Moriarty, age 27, from Kerrville, Texas, Kerr county.
Parents: James Moriarty
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: University of Texas at Austin graduate
Military history: 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Date of death: Friday, November 4, 2016
Death details: Died in Jafr, Jordan of wounds sustained when his convoy came under fire entering a Jordanian military base. Killed were Staff Sgts. Matthew C. Lewellen, Kevin J. McEnroe and James F. Moriaty. Killed by Jordanian soldier Maarek Tawayha in 2016. Soldier sentenced to life by a military court
Source: Department of Defense, Jordan Times, Houston Chronicle, Stars and Stripes