Posted on Mar 21, 2023
#VeteranOfTheDay Marine Veteran Jordan Haerter - VA News
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RIP for Haerter and his partner
He was then assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force and deployed at age 19 to a Joint Security Station Nasser in the district of Ramadi. The 1st Battalion, 9th Marines were assigned to this station and Haerter stood guard at an Entry Control Point with Corporal Jonathan T. Yale, a rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, a unit that was approaching the end of their deployment.
On April 22, 2008, the two Marines recognized an oncoming threat of a large truck approaching their entry control point. After the truck ignored all flares and signals to stop, Haerter and Yale stood their ground and opened fire on the truck, creating a 2,000-pound blast from explosives within the vehicle. The explosion killed the two Marines, Haerter aged 19 and Yale aged 21, but their heroic efforts saved 33 Marines, 21 Iraqi police inside the station and several civilians in proximity. Gen. John Kelly stated at a speech later that they “never even shifted their weight […] they leaned into danger.”
He was then assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force and deployed at age 19 to a Joint Security Station Nasser in the district of Ramadi. The 1st Battalion, 9th Marines were assigned to this station and Haerter stood guard at an Entry Control Point with Corporal Jonathan T. Yale, a rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, a unit that was approaching the end of their deployment.
On April 22, 2008, the two Marines recognized an oncoming threat of a large truck approaching their entry control point. After the truck ignored all flares and signals to stop, Haerter and Yale stood their ground and opened fire on the truck, creating a 2,000-pound blast from explosives within the vehicle. The explosion killed the two Marines, Haerter aged 19 and Yale aged 21, but their heroic efforts saved 33 Marines, 21 Iraqi police inside the station and several civilians in proximity. Gen. John Kelly stated at a speech later that they “never even shifted their weight […] they leaned into danger.”
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Great VOD share! He and Yale stood their ground when others chose to run. They gave their lives to save their fellow Marines and Iraqi allies.
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