Whitehouse, Jason Daniel
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Verified Sgt. Jason Daniel Whitehouse, 27, of Phoenix, Arizona, was a U.S. Marine killed by hostile action in Hit, Iraq, on November 2, 2006.
Their Story
Jason Daniel Whitehouse was a 27-year-old sergeant from Phoenix, Arizona, serving with the United States Marine Corps. He was assigned to 2nd Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and was deployed as part of the 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 7, I Marine Expeditionary Force Forward.
Whitehouse died on November 2, 2006, in the city of Hit, in Iraq's Anbar province. According to the Department of Defense, his death was the result of hostile action. Specific details of the engagement were not widely released, but the area was a known insurgent stronghold where Marines conducted frequent counterinsurgency operations.
His death occurred during a period of intense violence in the Iraq War, known as Operation Iraqi Freedom. The years 2005–2007 were among the conflict's deadliest for U.S. forces and Iraqi civilians, marked by a surge in sectarian violence following the February 2006 bombing of the al-Askari shrine in Samarra.
Whitehouse was one of at least 105 U.S. service members killed in Iraq during November 2006. His death was recorded in official casualty lists and reported by news agencies covering the war.
He is memorialized on the Iraq War Veterans Memorial and other online tributes maintained by veterans' groups. His name is listed on Panel 12E, Row 102 of the American Veterans Traveling Tribute's replica of the Iraq War Memorial Wall.
Explore Further
Sgt. Whitehouse was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003–2010). 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.
