Navy Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Nicholas Wilson
25, of Newark Valley, N.Y.; assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3, based in San Diego; killed Feb. 12 by an improvised explosive device in Anbar province, Iraq.
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Newark Valley sailor killed in Iraq
NEWARK VALLEY, N.Y. — A 25-year-old sailor from the Southern Tier has been killed in Iraq, the Department of Defense reported Tuesday.
Navy Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Nicholas Wilson of Newark Valley died Sunday from an improvised explosive device in Anbar Province, Iraq. He was assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Three, based in San Diego, Calif.
Wilson is a 1998 graduate of Newark Valley High School.
As of Monday, at least 2,269 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
— Associated Press
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