Gibbs, Nicholas Ray
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Verified On December 6, 2006, the ARMY lost SGT Gibbs, Nicholas Ray of STOKESDALE, NC in AR RAMADI, IRAQ. He was 25. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
A Active Duty member of the ARMY ? HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 37TH ARMOR, GIESSEN, GERMANY ? serving as SGT, Gibbs, Nicholas Ray was 25 and came from STOKESDALE, NC.
December 6, 2006 ? Gibbs, Nicholas Ray died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2006.
Operation Iraqi Freedom began March 19, 2003 with the US-led invasion. The stated justification ? weapons of mass destruction ? was never found. Seven years of occupation, insurgency, and sectarian war followed, killing 4,418 Americans and an estimated 200,000 Iraqi civilians.
The ARMY classified his death as "HOSTILE" ? a category that matters to the families who must make sense of it. His name is documented in the Defense Casualty Analysis System at https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oif.
Explore Further
Gibbs, Nicholas Ray was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom (from March 2003 to August 2010). The conflict concluded in August 2010. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Kennedy, Brian Matthew, Beaupre, Ryan Anthony, Gutierrez, Jose, Waters-bey, Kendall Damon.
