Jeffrey was born on July 22, 1982 to a single mother in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After the passing of his mother at the age of 8, he was raised by his grandmother Clairona. He led a simple life living in the town of Saint Pierre, located a few hours outside of Port-Au-Prince, in the northern part of the country. The town had no electricity or running water. Food had to be grown in order to eat or sell it at a local town market. Water had to be carried by hand from miles and miles away. He later moved to the United States, at age 13, to live with his father, along with three other half-siblings, his father Israel, had just gotten a divorce, and had three other children. 

Jeffrey graduated from West High School in 2000, then Jeffrey joined the United States Marines Corps in 2002. He graduated Recruit Training from Parris Island, South Carolina. Jeffrey was assigned to the 1st Battalion 1st Marine 1st Mar Division Headquarters and Supply Company Motor Transportation Platoon. He successfully completed two combat tours in Iraq: Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. He also was a part other operations assigned to the unit while deployed, such as Operation Unified Assurance Indonesia and Sri Lanka in order to help out with the Tsunami relief.