Nelson, Travis Lynn
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Verified SSG Nelson, Travis Lynn, 41, a native of ANNISTON, AL, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, COMPANY B, 1ST BN, 502D INFANTRY, 2D BCT (TF BAGHDAD), FORT CAMPBELL, KY, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on December 10, 2005. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
SSG Nelson, Travis Lynn, 41 years old, grew up in ANNISTON, AL and served as Active Duty in the ARMY with COMPANY B, 1ST BN, 502D INFANTRY, 2D BCT (TF BAGHDAD), FORT CAMPBELL, KY during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
On December 10, 2005, he died in BAGHDAD, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?. 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 ARMY 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
Nelson, Travis Lynn 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.
