SGT Nicholas Nolte

25 – Falls City, NE

KIA – November 24, 2004

SGT Nicholas Nolte, 25, died while being treated for injuries received when a roadside bomb hit his vehicle near Baghdad. Four other soldiers were also injured. Nolte was a 1998 graduate of Falls City Sacred Heart and enlisted in the Marines after high school. He re-enlisted following his original four-year commitment. As a member of the Presidential Helicopter Squadron HMX-1, Nolte guarded both President Clinton and President Bush.