Rhett, Jamal Maurice
In BA`QUBAH, IRAQ on August 15, 2010, the ARMY lost SGT Rhett, Jamal Maurice of PALMYRA, NJ, 24, serving with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 21ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as SGT Rhett, Jamal Maurice, from PALMYRA, NJ, at age 24, with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 21ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on August 15, 2010 in BA`QUBAH, 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.
The members of HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 21ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 2ND BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Rhett, Jamal Maurice 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.