October Deaths in 2014

Navy Cmdr. Christopher E. Kalafut

Navy Cmdr. Christopher E. Kalafut

October 24, 2014

49, of Oceanside, Calif., died Oct. 24 at Al Udeid Air Base, Doha, Qatar, in a noncombat-related incident while supporting

Operation Enduring Freedom. He was assigned to Naval Amphibious Liaison Element, Combined Forces Air Component Center, U.S. Central Command
 
Marine Lance Cpl. Sean P. Neal

Marine Lance Cpl. Sean P. Neal

October 23, 2014

19, of Riverside, California, died Oct. 23 in Baghdad, Iraq, of noncombat-related causes while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response, which has a headquarters element based at Camp Pendleton, California.

 
 
.Marine Cpl. Jordan L. Spears

Marine Cpl. Jordan L. Spears

October 1, 2014

21, of Memphis, Indiana; assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron-163, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif.; lost at sea Oct. 1 while conducting flight operations in the North Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

 
 

Army Maj. Jonathan D. Walker

October 1, 2014

44, of Merriam, Kansas; assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina; died Oct. 1, at Camp As Sayliyah, Doha, Qatar, of noncombat-related causes.