Saturday, June 19:
Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, 24, a U.S. Marine from West Jordan, Utah, with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq, is last seen in Al Anbar Province.
Sunday, June 20:
Hassoun is listed by his unit as "missing" when he fails to appear for duty, the Defense Department later confirms.
Sunday, June 27:
The Arabic satellite news network al-Jazeera broadcasts a photo showing a blindfolded man, said to be a U.S. Marine, with a sword behind his head.
Al-Jazeera reports that the National Islamic Resistance/1920 Revolution Brigades claims to have Hassoun and is threatening to decapitate him. The Defense Department subsequently officially announces that Hassoun is "missing." Local and national media converge upon the West Jordan home of Hassoun's brother, Mohammed Hassoun.
Monday, June 28:
Utahns of many faiths begin to hold prayer vigils for Hassoun and his family: Muslims at the local Khadeeja mosque, others on the state Capitol steps.
Tuesday, June 29:
Marines and a Hassoun family spokesman hold a press conference at Fort Douglas. The spokesman says the Marines had officially changed the man's status to captured.
Wednesday, June 30:
Boy Scouts place about 30 American flags on the Hassoun family's lawn.
Thursday, July 1:
The Marines confirm that they had considered Hassoun to have been "captured" since Monday.
Saturday, July 3:
A radical Islamic group, Ansar al-Sunna Army, claims on a Web site that it has beheaded Hassoun in a videotaped execution, though no images are immediately forthcoming. The family remains in seclusion.
Sunday, July 4:
Ansar al-Sunna Army issues a statement denying that the July 3 beheading was authentic.
Thursday, July 8:
Hassoun contact American officials in Beirut, Lebanon, and he is taken to the American Embassy there.
Saturday, July 31:
Hassoun returns to his Utah home on convalescence leave from the Marines.
Monday, Aug. 30:
Hassoun returns from Utah to Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Tuesday, Sept. 14:
Medical authorities at Camp Lejeune, N.C., declare Hassoun fit, and he returns to full military duty and is reassigned to duties at Camp Lejeune.
Wednesday, Nov. 17:
The discovery in Fallujah, Iraq, of belongings of Hassoun has officials re-evaluating their investigations into Hassoun's mysterious disappearance while stationed in Iraq.
Thursday, Dec. 9:
Hassoun is charged with desertion following a five-month investigation.