Jordan, Phillip Andrew
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Verified HQSVCCO, 1ST BN, 2D MAR, 2D MEB, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, MARINE CORPS ? GYSGT Jordan, Phillip Andrew (DANBURY, TX), age 42, ? died in AN NASIRIYAH, IRAQ on March 23, 2003. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the MARINE CORPS ? HQSVCCO, 1ST BN, 2D MAR, 2D MEB, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC ? serving as GYSGT, Jordan, Phillip Andrew was 42 and came from DANBURY, TX.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on March 23, 2003 in AN NASIRIYAH, IRAQ, from HOSTILE.
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 MARINE CORPS 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
Jordan, Phillip Andrew 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.
