Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Goble 33, of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, died Dec. 22, 2019, of injuries sustained during combat operations in Kunduz province, Afghanistan. The incident is under investigation. Goble was a senior intelligence sergeant assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal with Valor device, the Valorous Unit Award, the Special Forces Tab, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Basic Airborne and Military Free Fall Jumpmaster badges.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kirk Fuchigami 25, of Keaanu, Hawaii, died Nov. 20, 2019, in a helicopter crash while providing security for troops on the ground in Afghanistan’s Logar province. Also killed in the crash was Chief Warrant Officer 2 David Knadle. Both soldiers were assigned to 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division based out of Fort Hood in Texas. The Pentagon is investigating the incident.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 David Knadle 33, of Tarrant, Texas, died Nov 20, 2019, in a helicopter crash while providing security for troops on the ground in Afghanistan’s Logar province. Also killed in the crash was Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kirk Fuchigami Jr. Both soldiers were assigned to 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division based out of Fort Hood in Texas. The Pentagon is investigating the incident.

Sgt. Nathan G. Irish 23, of Billings, Montana, died Oct. 27, 2019, at Camp Taji, Iraq, in a non-combat incident. The cause of death was not released and the incident is under investigation. He was assigned to the 25th Support Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, out of Fort Wainwright, Alaska. His awards included two Army Commendation Medals, three Army Achievement Medals, the Army Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.

Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy W. Griffin 40, of Greenbrier, Tennessee, was killed Sept. 16, 2019, by small arms fire when his unit was engaged in combat operations in Wardak Province, Afghanistan. The incident is under investigation. Griffin was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. Griffin was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart.

Sgt. 1st Class Elis A. Barreto Ortiz 34, of Morovis, Puerto Rico, was killed Sept. 5, 2019, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosion device detonated near his vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan. The incident is under investigation. He was assigned to the 82nd Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Sgt. 1st Class Dustin Ard 31, of Hyde Park, Utah, died Aug. 29, 2019, from wounds sustained during combat operations in Zabul Province, Afghanistan. The incident is under investigation. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Master Sgt. Luis F. Deleon-Figueroa 31, of Chicopee, Massachusetts, died Aug. 21, 2019, during combat operations in Faryab province, Afghanistan. Also killed in incident was Master Sgt. Jose J. Gonzalez, 35. Both were assigned to 7th Special Forces Group at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and both received posthumous promotions. DeLeon-Figueroa’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with valor device, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two Campaign Stars, the Iraq Campaign Medal with one Campaign Star and the NATO Medal.

Master Sgt. Jose J. Gonzalez 35, of La Puente, California, died Aug. 21, 2019, during combat operations in Faryab province, Afghanistan. Also killed in incident was Master Sgt. Luis F. DeLeon-Figueroa. Both were assigned to 7th Special Forces Group at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and both received posthumous promotions.

Spc. Clayton James Horne 23, of Atlanta, Louisiana, died Aug. 17, 2019, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, as a result of wounds sustained in a non-combat related incident. Winn Parish Sheriff’s Office stated on their Facebook page that Horne died after he fell off a tower. He was assigned to the 351st Military Police Company, 160th Military Police Battalion, an Army Reserve unit out of Ocala, Florida.

Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer 35, of Mancos, Colorado, Died August 11, 2019 after being engaged by enemy small arms fire while advising and accompanying Iraqi security forces on a planned operation in Ninewah province, Iraq, according to military officials. This incident is under investigation.

Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Slayton Saldana, 24, had been listed Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown (DUSTWUN) following a July 17 non-combat, man overboard incident while underway onboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Arabian Sea. The incident is under investigation. Saldana was assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, part of Carrier Air Wing 7, assigned to the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group.

Pfc. Brandon Jay Kreischer, 20, of Stryker, Ohio.
Spc. Michael Isaiah Nance, 24, of Chicago, Illinois.
Both soldiers died July 29, 2019, in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, as a result of wounds sustained in a combat related incident. The incident is under investigation.
Both soldiers were assigned to 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Sgt. William Friese
Died July 18, 2019 Serving During Operation Inherent Resolve
30, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, died July 18 at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, in a non-combat related incident. Friese was West Virginia National Guard soldier assigned to the 821st Engineer Company, 1092nd Engineering Battalion, 111th Engineer Brigade, in Summersville, West Virginia. The incident is under investigation.

Sgt. Maj. James G. Sartor
Died July 13, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
40, of Teague, Texas, died July 13, 2019, in Faryab Province, Afghanistan, as a result of injuries sustained from enemy small arms fire during combat operations. The incident is under investigation. Sartor was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Carson, Colorado.

Sgt. 1st Class Elliott J. Robbins
Died June 30, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
31, of Ogden, Utah, died June 30, 2019, from non-combat related injuries in Afghanistan. The cause of death was not released an an investigation was ongoing. Robbins was assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group soldier out of Fort Carson, Colorado. His awards and decorations include the Army Commendation Medal with Combat Device and one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Campaign Star and the Iraq Campaign Medal with Campaign Star.

Sgt. James G. Johnston
Died June 25, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
24, of Trumansburg, New York, died June 25, 2019, due to injuries sustained by small arms fire in Afghanistan. Master Sgt. Michael Riley was also killed in the incident. Johnston was was assigned to the 79th Ordnance Battalion, 71st Ordnance Group at Fort Hood, Texas. Johnston enlisted in 2013 and received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

Master Sgt. Michael B. Riley
Died June 25, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
32, of Heilbronn, Germany, died June 25, 2019, from injuries sustained by small arms fire in Afghanistan. Sgt. James Johnston was also killed in the incident. Riley was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group at Fort Carson, Colorado. Riley’s awards include the Bronze Star and the Meritorious Service Medal. He first joined the Army in 2006.

Spc. Miguel Holmes
Died May 6, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
22, of Hinesville, Georgia, died May 6, 2019, of wounds suffered in a non-combat incident in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Holmes was assigned to 1st Battalion, 118th Field Artillery Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team out of Savannah, Georgia. The cause of death is under investigation.

Pfc. Michael A. Thomason
Died April 29, 2019 Serving During Operation Inherent Resolve
28, of Lincoln Park, Michigan, died April 29, 2019, of wounds sustained from a non-combat incident. Thomason was an infantryman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. His awards and decorations include two Army Commendation Medals, one of which has a “C” device for combat, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon and the Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal. The cause of death has not been released and the incident is under investigation.

Spc. Michael T. Osario
Died April 23, 2019 Serving During Operation Inherent Resolve
20, of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho, died April 23, 2019, in a non-combat incident in Taji, Iraq. He was an intelligence analyst in Fort Carson’s 3rd Armored Brigade, part of the 4th Infantry Division. His decorations included the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon. The incident is under investigation.

Spc. Ryan Riley
Died April 20, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
22, of Richmond, Kentucky, died April 20, 2019, in Nineveh province, Iraq, in a non-combat-related incident. He was He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The incident is under investigation.

Staff Sgt. Albert J. Miller
Died April 19, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
24, of Richmond, New Hampshire, died in a non-combat-related incident April 19, 2019, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. He was assigned to the 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. He was awarded an Air Force Achievement Medal in 2016. The incident is under investigation.

Cpl. Robert Hendriks
Died April 8, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
25, of Locust Valley, New York, was killed in a bombing April 8, 2019, in Parwan province, Afghanistan. Also killed in the incident were Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman and Sgt. Benjamin S. Hines. They were assigned to the 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve. The incident is under investigation.

Sgt. Benjamin Hines
Died April 8, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
31, of York, Pennsylvania, was killed in a bombing April 8, 2019, in Parwan province, Afghanistan. Also killed in the incident were Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman and Cpl. Robert Hendriks. They were assigned to the 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve. The incident is under investigation.

Staff Sgt. Christopher Slutman
Died April 8, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
43, of Newark, Delaware, died in a bombing April 8, 2019, in Parwan province Afghanistan. Also killed in the attack were Cpl. Robert A. Hendriks and Sgt. Benjamin S. Hines. They were assigned to the 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve. The incident is under investigation. Slutman was a veteran of the Kentland, Maryland, volunteer fire department. He is survived by a wife and three children.

Spc. Joseph P. Collette
Died March 22, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
29, of Lancaster, Ohio, died from wounds sustained in combat operations in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, on March 22, 2019. Sgt. 1st Class Will D. Lindsay was also killed in the incident. Collette was assigned to the 242nd Ordnance Battalion, 71st Explosive Ordnance Group. It was Collette’s first deployment. Collette was a recipient of the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Badge and the Senior Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge.

Sgt. 1st Class Will D. Lindsay
Died March 22, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
33, of Cortez, Colorado, died from wounds sustained in combat operations in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, on March 22, 2019. Spc. Joseph P. Collette was also killed in the incident. Lindsay was assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group. Lindsay’s deployments include five tours to Iraq, one to Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Lindsay’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, a Purple Heart, the NATO Medal, the Special Forces Tab, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Military Free Fall Jumpmaster Badge, the Master Parachutist Badge and the Chilean Airborne Wings.

Sgt. Holli Bolinski
Died March 7, 2019 Serving During Operation Spartan Shield
37, of Pinkneyville, Ill., died after her vehicle collided with a civilian commercial truck in Kuwait on March 7, 2019. Also killed in the crash was Spc. Jackson Johnson. Both soldiers were assigned to the 657th Transportation Detachment based in Mount Vernon, Illinois, an Army Reserve unit. They were deployed to Camp Arifjan in support of Operation Spartan Shield. Bolinski’s awards include the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal with Campaign Star, Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal and Meritorious Service Medal, among others.

Spc. Jackson Johnson
Died March 7, 2019 Serving During Operation Spartan Shield
20, of Hillsboro, Missouri, died March 7, 2019, after his vehicle collided with a civilian commercial truck in Kuwait. Also killed in the crash was Sgt. Holli Bolinski. Both soldiers were assigned to the 657th Transportation Detachment based in Mount Vernon, Illinois, an Army Reserve unit. They were deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Spartan Shield. Johnson’s awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon.

Sgt. 1st Class Joshua ‘Zach’ Beale
Died January 22, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
32, of Carrollton, Virginia, died Jan. 22 of wounds sustained from small arms fire in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. Beale was assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group, out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Sgt. Cameron Meddock
Died January 17, 2019 Serving During Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
26, of Spearman, Texas, died Jan. 17 in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained from small-arms fire Jan. 13 in Badghis Province, Afghanistan. Meddock was an Army Ranger serving with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. ​

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan Farmer
Died January 16, 2019 Serving During Operation Inherent Resolve
37, of Boynton Beach, Florida, died Jan. 16 in a suicide bomb attack in Manbij, Syria. Also killed in the incident was Navy Chief Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) Shannon Kent; and a civilian, Navy SEAL veteran Scott A. Wirtz, from St. Louis. A fourth casualty, a civilian contractor, has not been identified. Farmer was was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) Shannon Kent
Died January 16, 2019 Serving During Operation Inherent Resolve
35, of Pine Plains, New York, died Jan. 16 in a suicide bomb attack in Manbij, Syria. Also killed in the incident was Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan R. Farmer, 37, of Boynton Beach, Florida; and a civilian, Navy SEAL veteran Scott A. Wirtz, from St. Louis. A fourth casualty, a civilian contractor, has not been identified. Kent was assigned to the Cryptologic Warfare Activity 66 based at Fort George Meade, Maryland