Martinez, Jesse Jack

Also known as: PFC, B COMPANY, 5TH BATTALION, 20TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, FORT LEWIS, WA 98433

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedJuly 14, 2004

Age20 years old

Location of DeathTALAFAR, IRAQ

Cause of DeathKilled in action

Conflict Operation Iraqi Freedom

On July 14, 2004, the ARMY lost PFC Martinez, Jesse Jack of TRACY, CA in TALAFAR, IRAQ. He was 20.

Their Story

Martinez, Jesse Jack of TRACY, CA, 20 years old, served in the ARMY with B COMPANY, 5TH BATTALION, 20TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, FORT LEWIS, WA 98433 at the rank of PFC ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.

Killed on July 14, 2004 in TALAFAR, IRAQ, Martinez, Jesse Jack 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.

TRACY, CA is where Martinez, Jesse Jack came from. It is where his memory is held. This record is sourced from DCAS, maintained by the US Department of Defense.

Sources & References

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Martinez, Jesse Jack 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.

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