How Nicholas died

Killed while conducting combat operations in Anbar Province. [source: Faces of the Fallen]
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Press Coverage [source: Faces of the Fallen]

Va. Marine, Killed in Iraq, Is Recalled for Selflessness
  (The Washington Post, Nov. 28, 2006)

Springfield Marine dies in Iraq
  (Richmond Times-Dispatch, Nov. 28, 2006)