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Spencer Collart, age 21, from Arlington, Virginia .
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
Kody Lee Decker, age 22, from Virginia.
Parents: Robert and Melissa
Spouse: Jude
Children: Myles
Service era: Post war on terror
Date of death: Saturday, October 29, 2022
Death details: Suicide
Source: NBC, R.W. Baker & Company Funerla Home
Malcolm X. Perry, age 27, of Newport News, Virginia
Parents: Dana Perry
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: Stationed at Fort Bliss
Date of death: Sunday, October 11, 2020
Death details: Died in a car accident in El Paso, Texas when the driver of a Jeep intentionally rammed his car. The driver of the Jeep was charged with murder.
Source: Army Times, KTSM, El Paso Times, KVIA
Andrew P. Ross, age 29, from Lexington, Virginia.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: Rock Bridge County High
Date of death: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Death details: Killed by a roadside bomb in central Afghanistan
Source: WTVR, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, Military Times
Scott C. Dayton, age 42, from Woodbridge, Virginia, Prince William county.
Service era: Syria
Military history: Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Two, based in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Date of death: Thursday, November 24, 2016
Death details: Died in northern Syria of wounds sustained in an improvised explosive device blast
Source: Department of Defense, New York Times, Military Times
Charles C. Strong, age 28, from Suffolk, Virginia.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, Marine Corps Force Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
Date of death: Monday, September 15, 2014
Death details: Died in Herat Province, Afghanistan while conducting combat operations.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Rodney R Jr Roane, age 23, from Virginia, Henrico county.
School: Varina High graduate
Date of death: Monday, October 28, 2013
Death details: Killed in a motor vehicle accident in Henrico
Cemetery: Washington Memorial Park, Sandston
Source: Virginia Military Dead Database, Library of Virginia, Richmond; WWBT, findagrave.com, March Funeral Homes
Lyle D. Turnbull, age 31, from Norfolk, Virginia.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 62nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 11th Signal Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas.
Date of death: Friday, October 18, 2013
Death details: Died while in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait from a medical emergency.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
George A. Bannar, age 37, from Orange, Virginia, Orange county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Date of death: Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Death details: Died of injuried sustained when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire in Wardak Province, Afghanistan.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
Caryn E. Nouv, age 29, from Newport News, Virginia, Newport News county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 10th Transportation Battalion, 7th Sustainment Brigade, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.
Date of death: Saturday, July 27, 2013
Death details: Died in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Sgt. Eric T. Lawson was also killed.
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times