Kcey Elena Ruiz
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Senior Airman

Kcey Elena Ruiz

Veteran → Accident
End of Watch October 2, 2015
Age 21
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Gender Female

Incident

Senior Airman Kcey Ruiz and Senior Airman Nathan Sartain were killed in a plane crash while providing mobile security for a flight of U.S. Air Force personnel and military contractors at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan.

The C-130 transport plane crashed 28 seconds after takeoff, killing all 11 people on board and three people on the ground.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Senior Airman Ruiz gave the United States Air Force Security Forces 2 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, sister.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location JBSA-Lackland, TX
Platform Identity usafsffed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 2, 2015
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 21
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Kcey Elena Ruiz served in the U.S. Air Force (2013–2015) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Accident

Kcey is one of 8,276 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2015, 53 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 88th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Kcey was 21. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Kcey had served 2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where she stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 15.1%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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Her people

United States Air Force Security Forces has 41 officers remembered here, Kcey among them.

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Where

Senior Airman Kcey Elena Ruiz

United States Air Force Security Forces · End of Watch October 2, 2015

Military Service

Kcey Elena Ruiz served in the U.S. Air Force (2013–2015) before joining law enforcement.

Visit Kcey Elena Ruiz’s page on salute.nw →

His full service record — units, decorations, where he served — is kept on salute.nw.

Where the Name Is Cut

Global War on Terrorism Memorial · Panel 12

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 37-W

Also Remembered

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