Marlyn Baez Mandel posted on Facebook this morning...
My son attended Burbank High School from 2015 through 2017, along with his sister Lia. We lost him nine months ago. 😓
Obituary: Sgt. Ethan H. Mandel
Sergeant Ethan H. Mandel was born in Queens, New York on July 30, 1999. He moved to Burbank in 2011 where he attended John Muir Middle School and Burbank High School. He graduated from Parkridge Private School in Long Beach California in 2017 and was actively pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a Minor in Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland.
Sergeant Mandel enlisted in the United States Army in 2018 and completed One Station Unit Training as a Military Policeman at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. In 2018 , he was briefly assigned to the 212th Military Police Company, 93rd Military Police Battalion as a Gunner. Sergeant Mandel volunteered to deploy to South Korea and was assigned as a Gunner with the 978th Military Police Company. In 2020, Sergeant Mandel was assigned to the 72nd Military Police Detachment as a Drug Suppression Team Investigator and Traffic Accident Investigator where he earned his promotable status to sergeant.
Sergeant Mandel’s awards and declarations include the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal (1 OLC), Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Defense Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, and Overseas Service Ribbon.
Sergeant Mandel is survived by his daughter Kaleyah Rose, mother Marlyn, father Kenneth, and sister Lia. Sergeant Mandel dreamt of one day coming back to Burbank and serving the Burbank Police Department. A memorial service with military honors will be held on October 10th at noon in front of the Veteran’s Memorial at McCambridge Park.
Sad... I found this April 12, 2021 El Pass Times article...
Fort Bliss soldier Spc. Ethan Mandel dies after motorcycle crash in East El Paso
A young Fort Bliss soldier has died after being hospitalized for five
days following a motorcycle crash in East El Paso.
Spc. Ethan Harvey Mandel, 20, was mortally injured in an April 5
motorcycle crash on George Dieter Drive near Trawood Drive, according to
El Paso police and an online fundraising page set up by family.
"I'm so very sad and sorry tell you that our beautiful boy Ethan lefts us yesterday evening. Our hearts are broken," a GoFundMe page stated Sunday. Ethan Mandel, 20, died at an El Paso hospital Saturday following a motorcycle crash on George Dieter Drive on April 5.
About 1:15 a.m. on April 5, Mandel was riding a 2008 Honda CBR motorcycle southbound on George Dieter Drive at a high speed, police said. Mandel failed to negotiate a curve, hopped a curb and hit landscaping bushes and rocks on the center median, a police news release stated. Police said Mandel was thrown from the motorcycle, landing on the northbound lanes of George Dieter. Mandel, who was wearing a helmet, was mortally injured. Traffic investigators suspect alcohol and speed were factors in the crash.
Mandel, of the 1000 block of Desierto Seco Drive, had been hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Del Sol Medical Center until his death on Saturday evening, police said. Mandel is at least the third Fort Bliss soldier to die in a motorcycle accident in El Paso this year. The crash was the 17th traffic-related death in El Paso this year, compared with 21 at this time last year, police officials said.
I miss you Ethan, my heart still hurts that you're gone...
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