With his noble heart and warrior spirit Michael [Gloss] was forging his own hero’s journey when he was tragically killed in Eastern Europe,” his obit said.

A senior Central Intelligence Agency official’s son who had joined the Russian military was killed last year during an offensive in eastern Ukraine. The agency said it was a private tragedy and not a national security issue.

Tributes have been paid to Michael Alexander Gloss, son of Juliane Gallina Gloss and a Navy veteran father, who was killed on the front lines in Ukraine, it is understood