Smith, Jason Thomas
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Verified Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 1ST EOD CO.,(1ST MLG, I MEF FWD), HQ & HQ SQDN, MCAS IWAKUNI, JA, SGT Smith, Jason Thomas of COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, 28, died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN on November 19, 2010. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Smith, Jason Thomas was 28 and from COLORADO SPRINGS, CO when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 1ST EOD CO.,(1ST MLG, I MEF FWD), HQ & HQ SQDN, MCAS IWAKUNI, JA as SGT. Operation Enduring Freedom would take his life.
On November 19, 2010, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Smith, Jason Thomas in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. He was 28. The MARINE CORPS recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
In the final years of OEF, a surge had been deployed and drawn down. The Taliban had outlasted every strategy. The Afghan army the US built would collapse six years after OEF ended.
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/oef.
Explore Further
Smith, Jason Thomas was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (from October 2001 to December 2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
