The father of two served three tours in the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea. He planned to re-enlist in the Navy with the goal of becoming a Navy seal. He died in the shooting after he pushed his girlfriend Jansen Young under the theater seat, saving her life. Blunk told her to stay down.

 

"For Jansen Young, 21, the two constants during the movie-theater massacre that ended 12 lives were the sound of gunshots and the feeling of her boyfriend, Jon Blunk's, hands on her back.

 

Blunk, 26, was shot to death while protecting Young, according to NBC News.

 

Young declined to discuss details of the shooting with The Denver Post, saying she was "trying to work through it."

 

Young told NBC News that when the shooter started his attack, Blunk knew to throw her to the floor.

 

On the movie-theater floor, Blunk kept pushing her with his arms as she heard shots being fired.

 

She eventually noticed that he had stopped pushing her under the seat, but she didn't think he had been killed."