Neesley, Peter Collins
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Verified At 28, SGT Neesley, Peter Collins of GROSSE POINTE FARMS, MI was serving with the ARMY, TROOP A, 3D SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT STEWART, GA, when he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ on December 25, 2007.
Their Story
Serving as SGT Neesley, Peter Collins, from GROSSE POINTE FARMS, MI, at age 28, with TROOP A, 3D SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT STEWART, GA, he went to Iraq with the ARMY. He did not come home.
On December 25, 2007, he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ. His name entered the Defense Casualty Analysis System that day.
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 TROOP A, 3D SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 2 BCT, FORT STEWART, GA who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Neesley, Peter Collins 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.