Melson, Jacob Eugene
Male
Verified In ZAMBAR MOUNTAIN, IRAQ on January 7, 2006, the ARMY lost SPC Melson, Jacob Eugene of WASILLA, AK, 22, serving with CO B,1ST BN, 207TH AVIATION, FORT RICHARDSON, AK.
Their Story
From WASILLA, AK, SPC Melson, Jacob Eugene, serving with CO B,1ST BN, 207TH AVIATION, FORT RICHARDSON, AK, was 22 years old when he deployed with the ARMY to Iraq.
On January 7, 2006, the ARMY lost SPC Melson, Jacob Eugene in ZAMBAR MOUNTAIN, IRAQ. He was 22.
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 recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Melson, Jacob Eugene 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.
