Joe Darby

Joseph M. Darby
BornJune 23, 1979
Cumberland, Maryland
AllegianceUnited States United States of America
Service / branchUnited States Army seal United States Army
Years of service1996–2006
Rank Sergeant
Unit372nd Military Police Company
Battles / warsOperation Iraqi Freedom

Sergeant Joseph M. Darby (born c. 1979) is a former U.S. Army Reservist known as the whistleblower in the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal. Darby is a graduate of North Star High School, near his hometown at the time, Jenners, Pennsylvania.[1]

At the time, Darby served as an M.P. at the Abu Ghraib prison, in Abu Ghraib, Iraq. After learning of the abuse, Darby was the first person to take steps to alert the U.S. military command.