Riehl, Nicholas Emerson
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Verified PFC Riehl, Nicholas Emerson, 21, a native of SHIOCTON, WI, died serving in the Active Duty, ARMY, TROOP D, 5TH SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 1 BCT, FORT STEWART, GA, during Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 27, 2007. Cause: HOSTILE.
Their Story
The ARMY, TROOP D, 5TH SQUADRON, 7TH CAVALRY, 1 BCT, FORT STEWART, GA, sent Riehl, Nicholas Emerson of SHIOCTON, WI, then 21, ? PFC ? to Iraq.
Killed on April 27, 2007 in FALLUJAH, IRAQ ? HOSTILE ?, Riehl, Nicholas Emerson 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.
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
Riehl, Nicholas Emerson 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.
