Hopper, Nickolas Lee
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Verified SGT Hopper, Nickolas Lee, age 27, of MONTROSE, IL ? Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, L CO, 2D LAAD BN, MACG-28, 2D MAW, MCAS CHERRY POINT, NC, ? died on September 8, 2007 in HAVELOCK, UNITED STATES. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Hopper, Nickolas Lee was 27 and from MONTROSE, IL when he joined the Active Duty, MARINE CORPS, L CO, 2D LAAD BN, MACG-28, 2D MAW, MCAS CHERRY POINT, NC as SGT. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On September 8, 2007, the MARINE CORPS lost SGT Hopper, Nickolas Lee in HAVELOCK, UNITED STATES. He was 27. The MARINE CORPS recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: September 8, 2007. Hometown: MONTROSE, IL.
Explore Further
Hopper, Nickolas Lee 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.
