User blog comment:Nmrls/What are you looking forward too?/@comment-4967138-20130106063124/@comment-34954086-20130107023210

Thing is though, we already know two small details about Jason's Death, 1. It was a heroic sacrifice deal, which continuing a suicide mission could be considered. and 2. It was likely due to taking an unecessary risk while leading a squad.

1 we had from a snippet from the creators, 2 we have from the interactions with Tim.