Yelner, Jonathan Antonio Vega

Also known as: SRA, 28TH AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SQUADRON, ELLSWORTH AFB, SD

Combatant

Male Verified

DiedApril 29, 2008

Age24 years old

Location of DeathTAGAB VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN

Cause of DeathHOSTILE

Conflict Operation Enduring Freedom

28TH AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SQUADRON, ELLSWORTH AFB, SD, AIR FORCE ? SRA Yelner, Jonathan Antonio Vega (LAFAYETTE, CA), age 24, ? died in TAGAB VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN on April 29, 2008. Cause: HOSTILE.

Their Story

Yelner, Jonathan Antonio Vega of LAFAYETTE, CA, 24 years old, served in the AIR FORCE with 28TH AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SQUADRON, ELLSWORTH AFB, SD at the rank of SRA ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.

On April 29, 2008, the AIR FORCE lost SRA Yelner, Jonathan Antonio Vega in TAGAB VALLEY, AFGHANISTAN. He was 24. The AIR FORCE recorded the cause as HOSTILE.

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.

Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Enduring Freedom. Date of death: April 29, 2008. Hometown: LAFAYETTE, CA.

Sources & References

dcas.dmdc.osd.mil dcas.dmdc.osd.mil en.wikipedia.org www.defense.gov

Explore Further

Yelner, Jonathan Antonio Vega 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.

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