1st Lt. Justin J. Wilkens
Incident
- Feb 18th, 2012: Died February 18 when their U-28 aircraft was involved in an accident near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Africa. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
- Location: Kandahar, Afghanistan
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