Shoemaker, Jared Matthew
Male
Verified CPL Shoemaker, Jared Matthew, age 29, of TULSA, OK ? Reserve, MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 1ST BN, 25TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 4TH MAR DIV, BROKEN ARROW, OK, ? died on September 4, 2006 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Serving as CPL Shoemaker, Jared Matthew, from TULSA, OK, at age 29, with WPNS CO, 1ST BN, 25TH MAR, (RCT-5, I MEF FWD), 4TH MAR DIV, BROKEN ARROW, OK, he went to Iraq with the MARINE CORPS. He did not come home.
The date recorded for his death: September 4, 2006. Location: FALLUJAH, 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 MARINE CORPS 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
Shoemaker, Jared Matthew 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.
