Smith, Jonathan Kena
Male
Verified In BAGHDAD, IRAQ on March 11, 2007, the ARMY lost SPC Smith, Jonathan Kena of ATLANTA, GA, 19, serving with COMPANY F, 1ST BATTALION, 15TH BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION, FORT HOOD, TX.
Their Story
Smith, Jonathan Kena was 19 and from ATLANTA, GA when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY F, 1ST BATTALION, 15TH BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION, FORT HOOD, TX as SPC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
He did not survive OIF. The ARMY recorded his death on March 11, 2007 in BAGHDAD, IRAQ.
The years 2005?2007 were OIF's deadliest. Sectarian violence surged after the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra. American troops were caught between militias, insurgents, and a government that barely functioned.
The ARMY recorded his death in the line of duty. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Smith, Jonathan Kena 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.
