Lemon, Jerome
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Verified From NORTH CHARLESTON, SC, SSG Lemon, Jerome served with the ARMY, 1052D TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, 172D COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP, KINGSTREE, SC 29556-2561, and died on October 27, 2004 in JADIDAH, IRAQ. He was 42. Cause: HOSTILE.
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From NORTH CHARLESTON, SC, SSG Lemon, Jerome, serving with 1052D TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, 172D COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP, KINGSTREE, SC 29556-2561, was 42 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on October 27, 2004 in JADIDAH, 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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: October 27, 2004. Hometown: NORTH CHARLESTON, SC.
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Lemon, Jerome 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.
