Nieves, Rafael Angel Jr
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Verified COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 506TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY, ARMY ? SPC Nieves, Rafael Angel Jr (ALBANY, NY), age 22, ? died in FOB ORGUN-E HOSPITAL, AFGHANISTAN on July 10, 2011. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Nieves, Rafael Angel Jr of ALBANY, NY, 22 years old, served in the ARMY with COMPANY B, 1ST BATTALION, 506TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4 BCT, FORT CAMPBELL, KY at the rank of SPC ? one of the Americans deployed to Afghanistan, Philippines, Horn of Africa.
Killed on July 10, 2011 in FOB ORGUN-E HOSPITAL, AFGHANISTAN ? HOSTILE ?, Nieves, Rafael Angel Jr was one of the 2356 Americans the country lost in Operation Enduring Freedom.
In the final years of OEF, a surge had been deployed and drawn down. The Taliban had outlasted every strategy. The Afghan army the US built would collapse six years after OEF ended.
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/oef.
Explore Further
Nieves, Rafael Angel Jr was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (from October 2001 to December 2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.
Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.
