Airman 1st Class Carl Jerome Ware Jr. died in a "noncombat related incident" at Camp Bucca, Iraq, the Air Force said. Ware was stationed at Hickam Air Force Base and was assigned to the 886th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. Senior Airman Christine Ware said in a statement released by the Air Force that her husband accomplished three major goals in his life: he was a husband, father and a police officer.

Ware was 22.