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
James Bellew, age 26, from Charlottesville, Virginia, Albemarle county.
Service era: Afghanistan
Schools: University of Virginia
Date of death: Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Death details: Killed in the crash of two HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters at Wright Army Airfield in Georgia
Source: Army Times
Zachary W. Riffle, age 18, from Kingwood, West Virginia, Preston County.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Death details: Killed when the 7-ton truck he was traveling in rolled over outside of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
Source: Military Times
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
Ian McLaughlin, age 29, from Newport News, Virginia.
Service era: Afghanistan
Military history: 307th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Date of death: Saturday, January 11, 2020
Death details: Killed when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Source: Department of Defense, Military Times
William Edward Friese, age 30, from Rockport, West Virginia.
Spouse: Married
Children: Children
Military history: 821st Engineer Company, 1092nd Engineer Battalion, 111th Engineer Brigade, Summersville, West Virginia
Date of death: Thursday, July 18, 2019
Death details: Died in Camp Buehring Kuwait from a non-combat related incident
Source: Department of Defense, Army Times, Military Times
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
Mark A. Hopkins, age 34, from Chesapeake, Virginia.
Service era: Afghanistan
Date of death: Monday, July 10, 2017
Death details: Among 15 Marines and 1 Navy sailor killed when their aircraft crashed in Mississippi.
Source: Washington Post, U.S. Marines
Dakota Kyle Rigsby, age 19, from Palmyra, Virginia.
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