Jaenichen, Mary Jane
From TEMECULA, CA, SPC Jaenichen, Mary Jane served with the ARMY, HHC, 2D SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 2 BCT, FORT STEWART, GA, and died on May 9, 2008 in FOB KALSU, IRAQ. She was 20.
Their Story
From TEMECULA, CA, SPC Jaenichen, Mary Jane, serving with HHC, 2D SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 2 BCT, FORT STEWART, GA, was 20 years old when she deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
The date recorded for her death: May 9, 2008. Location: FOB KALSU, 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.
The members of HHC, 2D SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, 2 BCT, FORT STEWART, GA who served alongside her carry her memory. Her record in DCAS documents her service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Jaenichen, Mary Jane 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.