Jones, Jason Benjamin
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Verified Captain Jason Benjamin Jones, 29, of Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, was a U.S. Army Special Forces officer. He was killed on June 2, 2014, at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan.
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Jason Benjamin Jones grew up in Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army, assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, Captain Jones died on June 2, 2014, from wounds sustained during a hostile incident at Jalalabad Airfield in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. The specific details of the engagement were not publicly released by the military.
His death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. By 2014, the mission had largely shifted to training Afghan forces and conducting counterterrorism operations, though combat continued in several regions.
Jones was one of two U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan on that date. The Pentagon announced the deaths the following day. He was posthumously promoted from the rank of first lieutenant to captain.
Captain Jones's name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Row 111 of the Afghanistan War Memorial at the National Infantry Museum. He is also listed on the Memorial Wall at the United States Army Special Operations Command headquarters at Fort Bragg.
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Captain Jones was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
