Tate, Jacob Allen
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Verified CPL Tate, Jacob Allen, age 21, of COLUMBUS, OH ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, 2D BN 9TH MAR, (RCT-2, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, ? died on January 2, 2011 in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Tate, Jacob Allen of COLUMBUS, OH, 21 years old, served in the MARINE CORPS with 2D BN 9TH MAR, (RCT-2, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC at the rank of CPL ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
On January 2, 2011, he died in HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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
Tate, Jacob Allen 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.
