2018
18 Afghanistan War Operations    2 Other Operations    11 ISIS Operations    Total: 31
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01/01/18 (A) Sgt. 1st Class Mihail Golin 34, Fort Lee, New Jersey U.S. Army Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan Hostile - Small arms fire Died after being engaged by enemy small arms fire while on a dismounted patrol. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Carson, Colorado. Link   Link     Link   photo	01/08/18 (S) Spc. Javion Shavonte Sullivan 24, Fort Mill, South Carolina U.S. Army Al Anbar Province, Iraq Non-combat Died from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 16th Signal Company, 11th Theater Tactical Signal Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas. The incident is under investigation. Link   Link     Link   photo   photo	02/19/18 (S) Sergeant Christina Marie Schoenecker 26, Arlington, Kansas U.S. Army Baghdad Non-combat Died from a non-combat related incident. She was assigned to the 89th Sustainment Brigade, Wichita, Kansas.   Military Times Link Link	03/07/18 (S) Sergeant 1st Class Maitland Deweever Wilson 38, Brooklyn, New York U.S. Army Landstuhl, Germany Non-combat Died from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 831st Transportation Battalion, 595th Transportation Brigade, Manama, Bahrain. Link   Link   photo	03/15/18 (S) Staff Sergeant Dashan J. Briggs 30, Port Jefferson Station, New York U.S. Air Force Vestern Iraq. Non-hostile - helicopter crash Died when an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq. He was assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing at the Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, New York. Link   Link     Link     Link   photo   photo
03/15/18 (S) Staff Sergeant Carl P. Enis 31, Tallahassee, Florida U.S. Air Force Vestern Iraq. Non-hostile - helicopter crash Died when an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq. He was assigned to the 308th Rescue Squadron, Air Force Reserve, at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. Link   Link     Link   photo   photo	03/15/18 (S) Captain Andreas B. O'Keeffe 37, Center Moriches, New York U.S. Air Force Western Iraq. Non-hostile - helicopter crash Died when an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq. He was assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing at the Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, New York. Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	03/15/18 (S) Master Sergeant William R. Posch 36, Indialantic, Florida U.S. Air Force Vestern Iraq. Non-hostile - helicopter crash Died when an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq. He was assigned to the 308th Rescue Squadron, Air Force Reserve, at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. Link   Link     Link   photo	03/15/18 (S) Master Sergeant Master Sergeant Christopher J. Raguso 39, Commack, New York U.S. Air Force Vestern Iraq. Non-hostile - helicopter crash Died when an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq. He was assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing at the Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, New York. Link   Link     Link     Link	03/15/18 (S) Captain Mark K. Weber 29, Colorado Springs, Colorado U.S. Air Force Western Iraq. Non-hostile - helicopter crash Died when an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq. He was assigned to the 38th Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. Link   Link     Link     Link   photo
03/15/18 (S) Captain Christopher T. Zanetis 37, Long Island City, New York U.S. Air Force Vestern Iraq. Non-hostile - helicopter crash Died when an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crashed in western Iraq. He was assigned to the 106th Rescue Wing at the Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, New York. Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	03/30/18 (S) Master Sergeant Jonathan J. Dunbar 36, Austin, Texas U.S. Army Manbij, Syria Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died as a result of injuries when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated near his patrol. He was assigned to Headquarters, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Ft Bragg, North Carolina. Link   Link	04/30/18 (A) Specialist Gabriel D. Conde 22, Loveland, Colorado U.S. Army Tagab District, Afghanistan Hostile - Small arms fire Died as a result of enemy small arms fire. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska Link photo	05/24/18 (O) Staff Sgt. Conrad A. Robinson 36, Los Angeles, California U.S. Army Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo Non-combat Died from a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 155th Medical Detachment, 261st Medical Battalion, 44th Medical Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina Link   Link     Link     Link   photo	06/08/18 (O) Staff Sergeant Alexander W. Conrad 26, Chandler, Arizona U.S. Army Somalia Hostile - Indirect fire Died of injuries sustained from enemy indirect fire. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Link photo
06/17/18 (A) Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew I. Holzemer 24, Kingsville, Tennessee U.S. Navy Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti Non-combat Died as a result of a non-combat related incident. He was deployed in support of Special Operations Command Forward - East Africa for U.S. Africa Command. Link   Link   photo     photo	07/07/18 (A) Cpl. Joseph Maciel 20, South Gate, California U.S. Army Tarin Kowt District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died from wounds sustained during an apparent insider attack. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Benning, Georgia. Task Force 1-28 Infantry is currently deployed in support of the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade. Link photo	07/12/18 (A) Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Andrew Celiz 32, Summerville, South Carolina U.S. Army Zurmat district, Paktiya province., Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds sustained as a result of enemy small arms fire while conducting operations in support of a medical evacuation landing zone. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. Link   Link   photo   photo	07/12/18 (A) Staff Sgt. James T. Grotjan 26, Waterford, Connecticut U.S. Air Force Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died from injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident July 8 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. He was assigned to the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. Link photo   photo	08/12/18 (A) Staff Sgt. Reymund Rarogal Transfiguracion 36, Waikoloa, Hawaii U.S. Army Helmand Province, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near him while he was conducting combat patrol operations He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Link   Link     Link   photo   photo
08/20/18 (A) Chief Warrant Officer 3 Taylor J. Galvin 34, Spokane, Washington U.S. Army Baghdad, Iraq Non-hostile - Helicopter crash Died as a result of injuries sustained when his helicopter crashed in Sinjar, Ninevah Province, Iraq. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Link   Link   photo	09/03/18 (A) Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy A. Bolyard 42, Thornton,, West Virginia U.S. Army Logar Province, Afghanistan Hostile - Small arms fire Died of wounds sustained from small arms fire He was assigned to 3rd Squadron, 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade, Fort Benning, Georgia. Link photo   photo	09/04/18 (A) Staff Sergeant Diobanjo S. Sanagustin 32, National City, California U.S. Army Bagram district, Parwan province, Afghanistan Non-combat Died from a non-combat related injury at Bagram Airfield. He was assigned to 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado. Link photo	10/04/18 (A) Spc. James A. Slape 23, Morehead City, North Carolina U.S. Army Helmand Province, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died as a result of wounds sustained from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to 60th Troop Command, North Carolina Army National Guard, Washington, North Carolina.   Military Times Link Link	11/03/18 (A) Major Brent R. Taylor 39, Ogden, Utah U.S. Army Kabul Province, Afghanistan Hostile - Small arms fire Died as a result of wounds sustained from small arms fire. He was assigned to Utah Army National Guard Element, Joint Force Headquarters, Draper, Utah.   Military Times Link Link
11/24/18 (A) Sergeant Leandro A.S. Jasso 25, Leavenworth, Washington U.S. Army Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire Died as a result of wounds sustained while engaging enemy forces in Khash Rod District, Nimruz Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.   Military Times Link Link	11/27/18 (A) Staff Sgt. Dylan J. Elchin 25, Hookstown, Pennsylvania U.S. Air Force Andar, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died from injuries sustained when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device He was was assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. Link	11/27/18 (A) Sergeant 1st Class Eric Michael Emond 39, Brush Prairie, Washington U.S. Army Andar, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died from injuries sustained when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Link	11/27/18 (A) Captain Andrew Patrick Ross 29, Lexington, Virginia U.S. Army Andar, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack Died from injuries sustained when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Link	12/02/18 (A) Sgt. Jason Mitchell McClary 24, Export, Pennsylvania U.S. Army Landstuhl, Germany Hostile - IED attack Died as a result of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device on Nov. 27, 2018, in Andar District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado.   Military Times Link Link
12/13/18 (A) Pfc. Joshua Mikeasky 19, Johnstown, Pennsylvania U.S. Army Bagram Airfield, Bagram District, Parwan Province, Afghanistan Non-combat Died from a non-combat related incident. He was was assigned to 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York. Link photo