Elliott, Terry Joe
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Verified On February 1, 2007, the MARINE CORPS lost GYSGT Elliott, Terry Joe of MIDDLETON, TN in ALBU HYATT, IRAQ. He was 34. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From MIDDLETON, TN, GYSGT Elliott, Terry Joe, serving with WPNS CO, 2D BN, 3D MAR, (RCT-2, I MEF FWD), 3D MAR DIV, KANEOHE BAY, HI, was 34 years old when he deployed with the MARINE CORPS to Iraq.
Killed on February 1, 2007 in ALBU HYATT, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Elliott, Terry Joe was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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
Elliott, Terry Joe 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.
