Manoukian, Nicholas Jan
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Verified At 22, CPL Manoukian, Nicholas Jan of LATHRUP VILLAGE, MI was serving with the MARINE CORPS, WPNS CO, 1ST BN, 6TH MAR, (1-1 AD, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, when he died in AR RAMADI, IRAQ on October 21, 2006. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Manoukian, Nicholas Jan of LATHRUP VILLAGE, MI, 22 years old, served in the MARINE CORPS with WPNS CO, 1ST BN, 6TH MAR, (1-1 AD, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC at the rank of CPL ? one of the Americans deployed to Iraq.
He did not survive OIF. The MARINE CORPS recorded his death on October 21, 2006 in AR RAMADI, IRAQ, from 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.
The members of WPNS CO, 1ST BN, 6TH MAR, (1-1 AD, I MEF FWD), 2D MAR DIV, CAMP LEJEUNE, NC who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Manoukian, Nicholas Jan 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.
