Scatliffe, Jorge Antonio

Jorge Antonio Scatliffe was a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army. He was assigned to Company E, 27th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, based at Fort Hood, Texas. He was a native of Saint Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

On April 3, 2011, Scatliffe was killed in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. According to the Department of Defense, he died of wounds sustained from enemy small-arms fire. He was 32 years old.

Scatliffe's death occurred during Operation New Dawn, the U.S. military mission in Iraq that began on September 1, 2010. This phase followed Operation Iraqi Freedom and was defined by a formal transition from combat operations to an advise-and-assist role for Iraqi security forces. The operation continued until the final U.S. withdrawal in December 2011.

His death was reported by multiple news outlets, including the Army Times and Virgin Islands Daily News. He was one of at least 66 American service members who died during Operation New Dawn.

Staff Sergeant Scatliffe was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart. He is memorialized on the Iraq War Veterans Memorial and in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Staff Sergeant Scatliffe was killed during Operation New Dawn (2010?2011). The conflict concluded in December 2011. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Jenkins, Phillip Chad, Mcclamrock, James Fleet, Hansen, James Arthur, Burner, John Franklin Iii.

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