Fontenot, Jarred Seth
At 35, SSG Fontenot, Jarred Seth of PORT BARRE, LA was serving with the ARMY, COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION,12TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on October 18, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
SSG Fontenot, Jarred Seth, 35 years old, grew up in PORT BARRE, LA and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with COMPANY A, 2D BATTALION,12TH INFANTRY, 2 BCT, FORT CARSON, CO during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Killed on October 18, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Fontenot, Jarred Seth 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 ARMY 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
Fontenot, Jarred Seth 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.