Housby, Jessica Marie
In BALAD, IRAQ on February 9, 2005, the ARMY lost SGT Housby, Jessica Marie of ROCK ISLAND, IL, 23, serving with 1644TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, MEDIUM TRUCK CARGO, ROCK FALLS, IL. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From ROCK ISLAND, IL, SGT Housby, Jessica Marie, serving with 1644TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, MEDIUM TRUCK CARGO, ROCK FALLS, IL, was 23 years old when she deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
Killed on February 9, 2005 in BALAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Housby, Jessica Marie 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: February 9, 2005. Hometown: ROCK ISLAND, IL.
Explore Further
Housby, Jessica Marie 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.