Nelson, Craig Lewis
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Verified At 21, SGT Nelson, Craig Lewis of BOSSIER CITY, LA was serving with the ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 156TH ARMOR REGIMENT, (TF BAGHDAD), SHREVEPORT, LA, when he died in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES on December 29, 2004. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Nelson, Craig Lewis was 21 and from BOSSIER CITY, LA when he joined the National Guard, ARMY, HHC, 1ST BATTALION, 156TH ARMOR REGIMENT, (TF BAGHDAD), SHREVEPORT, LA as SGT. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
Killed on December 29, 2004 in WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES ? HOSTILE ?, Nelson, Craig Lewis was one of the 4418 Americans the country lost in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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: December 29, 2004. Hometown: BOSSIER CITY, LA.
Explore Further
Nelson, Craig Lewis 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.
