Thornsberry, Jonathan Brett
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Verified LCPL Thornsberry, Jonathan Brett, 22, a native of MCDOWELL, KY, died serving in the Reserve, MARINE CORPS, L CO, 3D BN, 24TH MAR, 4TH MAR DIV, JOHNSON CITY, TN, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on October 25, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Thornsberry, Jonathan Brett was 22 and from MCDOWELL, KY when he joined the Reserve, MARINE CORPS, L CO, 3D BN, 24TH MAR, 4TH MAR DIV, JOHNSON CITY, TN as LCPL. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On October 25, 2006, he died in FALLUJAH, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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
Thornsberry, Jonathan Brett 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.
