Medlin, Jean Paul
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Verified SGT Medlin, Jean Paul, age 27, of PELHAM, AL ? Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 5TH CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, ? died on May 19, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SGT Medlin, Jean Paul, from PELHAM, AL, at age 27, with COMPANY A, 1ST BATTALION, 5TH CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT HOOD, TX, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
The date recorded for his death: May 19, 2007. Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ. Cause: 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 ARMY 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
Medlin, Jean Paul 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.
