Petty, Jerrick Mcken
In MOSUL, IRAQ on December 10, 2003, the ARMY lost PV2 Petty, Jerrick Mcken of IDAHO FALLS, ID, 25, serving with COMPANY B 3D BATTALION 502D INFANTRY, FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY 42223. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
PV2 Petty, Jerrick Mcken, 25 years old, grew up in IDAHO FALLS, ID and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with COMPANY B 3D BATTALION 502D INFANTRY, FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY 42223 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The date recorded for his death: December 10, 2003. Location: MOSUL, 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
Petty, Jerrick Mcken 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.