Beatty, Jonathan Scott
In ISKANDARIYAH, IRAQ on January 27, 2005, the MARINE CORPS lost CPL Beatty, Jonathan Scott of STREATOR, IL, 22, serving with C CO, 1ST BN, 2D MAR, 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Beatty, Jonathan Scott was 22 and from STREATOR, IL when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, C CO, 1ST BN, 2D MAR, 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC as CPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On January 27, 2005, he died in ISKANDARIYAH, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
Operation Iraqi Freedom began March 19, 2003 with the US-led invasion. The stated justification ? weapons of mass destruction ? was never found. Seven years of occupation, insurgency, and sectarian war followed, killing 4,418 Americans and an estimated 200,000 Iraqi civilians.
The members of C CO, 1ST BN, 2D MAR, 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Beatty, Jonathan Scott was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.