Ellis, Jessica Ann
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Verified CPL Ellis, Jessica Ann, 24, a native of BEND, OR, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 2D SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 2 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on May 11, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? HHC, 2D SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 2 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY ? serving as CPL, Ellis, Jessica Ann was 24 and came from BEND, OR.
Killed on May 11, 2008 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Ellis, Jessica Ann was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In the later years of OIF, the surge had reduced violence significantly. But Americans continued to die ? IEDs, snipers, crashes ? as the mission shifted toward transition and withdrawal.
The ARMY classified her death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. Her name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Ellis, Jessica Ann 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.
