Service:  MARINE CORPS
Component:  ACTIVE DUTY
Name:  STROUD, JONATHAN FULTON
Rank:  LCPL
Pay Grade:  E03
Date of Death:  2009/07/30
Age:  20
Gender:  MALE
Home of Record City:  CASHION
Home of Record State:  OK
Home of Record Country:  US
Unit:  C CO, 2D CEB, (2D MEB FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC
Incident Geographic Code:  AF
Casualty Geographic Code:  AF
Casualty Country:  AFGHANISTAN
City of Loss:  CAMP DWYER

Burial Location:
Cashion Cemetery
Cashion, OK

Obituary:
US Marine LCpl Jonathan F. Stroud was a Marine Combat Engineer killed in action on July 30, 2009 while on patrol in the Garmsir District, Afghanistan. Jonathan was born October 10, 1988 in North Richland Hills, TX. He is a 2007 graduate of Cashion High School and joined the USMC April 14, 2008. Jonathan was stationed at Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, N.C. He was a proud member of the 2nd CEB, 2nd Marine Division. Jonathan was awarded numerous medals and honors to include: Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, National Defense Services Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. Jonathan is survived by his wife Lacie E. Stroud of Jacksonville, N.C.; mother Mavis Stroud and Thomas (Smokey) Longan of Cashion, OK; sister Marissa L. Stroud of Oklahoma City, OK; father Bill R. Stroud of Bedford, TX; grandparents Virginia Crawford Light and Jim Light of Weatherford, TX; grandparents Bo and Helen Stroud of Hobbs, N.M.; and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. Jonathan’s bright smile and sense of humor will be missed by all that knew and loved him. The family will be receiving friends from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Friday, August 7, 2009 at the funeral home. A funeral service will be held to celebrate Jonathan’s life, Saturday, August 8, 2009 at 1:00 pm at Heritage Baptist Church, 14317 N. Council Rd., OKC, OK. Burial will follow at Cashion Cemetery, Cashion, OK.

Lance Corporal Jonathan Stroud Memorial Highway

A 5.0 mile stretch of 2-lane rural road, along Oklahoma State Highway 74, was designated a memorial highway in 2014, in memory of Lance Corporal Jonathan Fulton Stroud, of Cashion, Oklahoma. He entered the Marine Corps on April 14, 2008, was trained and assigned as a combat engineer, and stationed at Camp Lejeune at Jacksonville, North Carolina. He deployed overseas in 2009 and served with an engineer platoon of Company C, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, II Marine Expeditionary Force, 2nd Marine Division, at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Stroud was killed in action on July 30, 2009, at age 20, by small arms fire during a firefight, while on patrol in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, in southern Afghanistan, during Operation Enduring Freedom. He was awarded the Purple Heart, for wounds received in combat with an enemy force, Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. Also awarded the Rifle Marksman Medal.

Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 117 (Thursday, July 24, 2014)
Senate
Page S4897
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov

HONORING OUR ARMED FORCES

Lance Corporal Jonathan F. Stroud

Madam President, I also wish to remember Marine LCpl Jonathan F. Stroud, who died on July 31, 2009, of injuries sustained when his unit was attacked by insurgents with small arms fire while on foot patrol in Garmsir District, Afghanistan.

Jonathan was born on October 10, 1988, in North Richland Hills, TX. He attended Cashion High School in Cashion, OK, where teachers remember him as exceptionally intelligent. Fellow students remember him as the class clown–goofy, gangly, dorky, the most honest, and one of the nicest guys you could ever meet.

After graduating from high school in 2007 he joined the Marines on April 14, 2008. He was assigned to 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, NC, as a combat engineer.

Funeral services were held on August 8, 2009, and he was laid to rest in Cashion Cemetery, Cashion, OK.

While many tears were shed, there was a brief moment of laughter when Jonathan’s final request was played, “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen. The song is to let everybody know that he’s still with us and he’s still trying to make us happy even after he’s gone,” a friend of his said.

Jonathan is survived by his wife Lacie E. Stroud of Jacksonville, NC, mother Mavis Stroud and Thomas “Smokey” Longan of Cashion, OK, sister Marissa L. Stroud of Oklahoma City, OK, father Bill R. Stroud of Bedford, TX, grandparents Virginia Crawford Light and Jim Light of Weatherford, TX, grandparents Bo and Helen Stroud of Hobbs, NM, and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.

I extend our deepest gratitude and condolences to Jonathan’s family and friends. He lived a life of love for his family and country. He will be remembered for his commitment to and belief in the greatness of our Nation. I am honored to pay tribute to this true American hero who volunteered to go into the fight and made the ultimate sacrifice for our protection and freedom.