Blanton, Jeffery Steven
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Verified LCPL Blanton, Jeffery Steven, 23, a native of FAYETTEVILLE, GA, died serving in the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, C CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, (RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV), 3D MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 12, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
LCPL Blanton, Jeffery Steven, 23 years old, grew up in FAYETTEVILLE, GA and served as Active Duty in the MARINE CORPS with C CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, (RCT-1, 1ST MAR DIV), 3D MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on December 12, 2004 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
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 MARINE CORPS classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Blanton, Jeffery Steven 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.
