Wilson, Nicholas
In CAMP SMITTY, IRAQ on February 12, 2006, the NAVY lost PO2 Wilson, Nicholas of NEWARK VALLEY, NY, 25, serving with EOD MOBILE UNIT THREE SAN DIEGO CA. Cause: HOSTILE.
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A Active Duty member of the NAVY ? EOD MOBILE UNIT THREE SAN DIEGO CA ? serving as PO2, Wilson, Nicholas was 25 and came from NEWARK VALLEY, NY.
February 12, 2006 ? Wilson, Nicholas died in CAMP SMITTY, IRAQ, HOSTILE. The Department of Defense confirmed his death in 2006.
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.
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS). Operation: Operation Iraqi Freedom. Date of death: February 12, 2006. Hometown: NEWARK VALLEY, NY.
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Wilson, Nicholas 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.