Kleiboeker, Nicholas Brian
Male
Verified In Iraq on May 13, 2003, the MARINE CORPS lost LCPL Kleiboeker, Nicholas Brian of IRVINGTON, IL, 19, serving with 2D CEB, 2D MARDIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
From IRVINGTON, IL, LCPL Kleiboeker, Nicholas Brian, serving with 2D CEB, 2D MARDIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, was 19 years old when he deployed with the MARINE CORPS to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on May 13, 2003 in Iraq, from HOSTILE.
In the first year of occupation, military victory gave way to an insurgency the US hadn't planned for. Disbanding the Iraqi army created a vacuum. Armed groups filled it immediately.
The MARINE CORPS 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
Kleiboeker, Nicholas Brian 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.
