Tilton, Jesse Richard
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Verified In LANDSTUHL, GERMANY on July 16, 2010, the ARMY lost SGT Tilton, Jesse Richard of DECATUR, IL, 23, serving with HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 508TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4 BCT, FORT BRAGG, NC, sent Tilton, Jesse Richard of DECATUR, IL, then 23, ? SGT ? to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
July 16, 2010 ? Tilton, Jesse Richard died in LANDSTUHL, GERMANY, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2010.
Operation Enduring Freedom began October 7, 2001 ? twenty-six days after September 11. It lasted 13 years, the longest armed conflict in US history, ending December 28, 2014. 2,356 Americans were killed across Afghanistan, the Philippines, and the Horn of Africa.
The ARMY 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
Tilton, Jesse Richard 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.
