Holmes, James Jay
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Verified From EAST GRAND FORKS, MN, SPC Holmes, James Jay served with the ARMY, CO B, 141ST COMBAT ENGINEER BATTALION, JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA 58402-0268, and died on May 8, 2004 in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY. He was 28. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SPC Holmes, James Jay, from EAST GRAND FORKS, MN, at age 28, with CO B, 141ST COMBAT ENGINEER BATTALION, JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA 58402-0268, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
May 8, 2004 ? Holmes, James Jay died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2004.
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.
EAST GRAND FORKS, MN is where Holmes, James Jay came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.
Explore Further
Holmes, James Jay 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.
