Smith, Jason Edward
Male
Verified In ABU GHURAYB, IRAQ on December 31, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Smith, Jason Edward of PHOENIX, AZ, 21, serving with 1ST LAR BN, (C CO, 1ST BN, 8TH MAR, RCT-7), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
LCPL Smith, Jason Edward, 21 years old, grew up in PHOENIX, AZ and served as Active Duty in the MARINE CORPS with 1ST LAR BN, (C CO, 1ST BN, 8TH MAR, RCT-7), 1ST MAR DIV, CAMP PENDLETON, CA during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On December 31, 2004, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Smith, Jason Edward in ABU GHURAYB, IRAQ. He was 21. The MARINE CORPS recorded the cause as 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
Smith, Jason Edward 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.