Etterling, Jonathan Edward

Also known as: LCPL, C CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, 31ST MEU, 1ST MAR DIV, KANOEHE BAY, HI

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedJanuary 26, 2005

Age22 years old

Location of DeathKOREAN VILLAGE, IRAQ

Cause of DeathKilled in action

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

From WHEELERSBURG, OH, LCPL Etterling, Jonathan Edward served with the MARINE CORPS, C CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, 31ST MEU, 1ST MAR DIV, KANOEHE BAY, HI, and died on January 26, 2005 in KOREAN VILLAGE, IRAQ. He was 22.

Their Story

Etterling, Jonathan Edward was 22 and from WHEELERSBURG, OH when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, C CO, 1ST BN, 3D MAR, 31ST MEU, 1ST MAR DIV, KANOEHE BAY, HI as LCPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.

He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on January 26, 2005 in KOREAN VILLAGE, IRAQ.

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.

Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: January 26, 2005. Hometown: WHEELERSBURG, OH.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Etterling, Jonathan Edward 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.

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