{"id":870,"date":"2019-01-02T19:18:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T02:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deamaltzchallenge.com\/?p=870"},"modified":"2019-01-03T19:43:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T02:43:33","slug":"usmc-staff-sgt-nicholas-a-sprovtsoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maltzchallenge.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/02\/usmc-staff-sgt-nicholas-a-sprovtsoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Sprovtsoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.militarytimes.com\/thefallen\/nicholas-sprovtsoff-6568003.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-57f51ed7e3c40867\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/lg-share-en.gif\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Marine Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Sprovtsoff <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Died September 28, 2011 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\t\t28, of Davison, Mich., died Sept. 28 in Helmand province, Afghanistan \nwhile conducting combat operations. He was assigned to 1st Marine \nSpecial Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special \nOperations Command, Camp Pendleton, Calif.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Marine was dedicated to serving the military<\/strong><br><br><em> The Associated Press<\/em><br><br>\n DAVISON, Mich. \u2014 A Marine from Michigan who was killed during combat \noperations in Afghanistan had a dedication to the military that went \nback to when he was a high school student, a former coach said.<br><br>\n Staff Sgt. Nicholas Sprovtsoff, 28, of Davison died Sept. 28 in Helmand\n province along with Sgt. Christopher Diaz, 27, of Albuquerque, N.M., \nthe Defense Department said. He was assigned to the 1st Marine Special \nOperations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations \nCommand, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif.<br><br> Sprovtsoff graduated in \n2001 from Davison High School, about 50 miles north of Detroit. His \nformer high school tennis coach at the school, Walt White told, The \nFlint Journal that Sprovtsoff always talked about wanting to be a \nMarine.<br><br> \u201cIt doesn\u2019t surprise me that he died in honor because he was such a wonderful human being,\u201d White said. \u201cHe was a great kid.\u201d<br><br>\n Sprovtsoff, a 10-year veteran of the Marines, is survived by his wife, \nTasha, and a daughter, Lanie, who live near where he was stationed, the \nmilitary said.<br><br> Sprovtsoff, who most recently served as an \nexplosive ordnance disposal technician, completed his Marine basic \ntraining following his graduation from high school.<br><br> His mother, Sandee, told the newspaper in 2003 that she was impressed with her son\u2019s commitment.<br><br>\n \u201cThat\u2019s a lot for a 19-year-old,\u201d she said at the time. \u201cHe thought he \nwas doing the right thing and he\u2019s really committed to his nation and \nthe people who have trained him \u2014 we\u2019re behind him 100 percent.\u201d<br><br> Sprovtsoff had been deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan as well as Operation Iraqi Freedom.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marine Staff Sgt. Nicholas A. Sprovtsoff Died September 28, 2011 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom 28, of Davison, Mich., died Sept. 28 in Helmand province, Afghanistan while conducting combat operations. He was assigned to 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Pendleton, Calif. 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