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.