Burley, Nicholas Brian
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Verified U.S. Army Specialist Nicholas Brian Burley, 22, of Red Bluff, California, was killed in a hostile incident in Pul-e-Alam, Afghanistan, on July 30, 2013.
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Nicholas Brian Burley was a 22-year-old specialist from Red Bluff, California. He served in Troop C, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, part of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team based at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
On July 30, 2013, Burley was killed in Pul-e-Alam, the capital of Afghanistan's Logar province. According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, his death was the result of a direct fire engagement with enemy forces.
Burley's death occurred during Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan that began in October 2001. By 2013, international forces were in a period of transition, handing over security responsibilities to Afghan National Security Forces while continuing counterinsurgency and advisory missions.
His death was reported by the Department of Defense on August 2, 2013. He was one of four U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan that week, according to contemporaneous news summaries of military casualties.
Burley is memorialized on the Afghanistan War casualty lists maintained by the Pentagon and by independent archives documenting U.S. military fatalities. He was one of 2,356 American service members who died during Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Nicholas Burley was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001?2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
