Nuanes, Israel Paul
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Verified In MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN on May 12, 2012, the ARMY lost SSG Nuanes, Israel Paul of LAS CRUCES, NM, 38, serving with 741ST ORDNANCE COMPANY (EOD), 84TH ORDNANCE BN (EOD), 71ST ORDNANCE GROUP (EOD), FORT BLISS, TX. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
Nuanes, Israel Paul was 38 and from LAS CRUCES, NM when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, 741ST ORDNANCE COMPANY (EOD), 84TH ORDNANCE BN (EOD), 71ST ORDNANCE GROUP (EOD), FORT BLISS, TX as SSG. Operation Enduring Freedom would take his life.
On May 12, 2012, the ARMY lost SSG Nuanes, Israel Paul in MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN. He was 38. The ARMY recorded the cause as HOSTILE.
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
Nuanes, Israel Paul 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.
