Tanton, Nickolas Aaron
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Verified PFC Tanton, Nickolas Aaron, age 24, of SAN ANTONIO, TX ? Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 3D BRIGADE SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI, ? died on February 13, 2007 in KIRKUK, IRAQ.
Their Story
Tanton, Nickolas Aaron was 24 and from SAN ANTONIO, TX when he joined the Active Duty, ARMY, HHC, 3D BRIGADE SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI as PFC. Operation Iraqi Freedom would take his life.
On February 13, 2007, he died in KIRKUK, IRAQ. 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 members of HHC, 3D BRIGADE SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION, SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HI who served alongside him carry his memory. His record in DCAS documents his service and sacrifice during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Explore Further
Tanton, Nickolas Aaron 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.
