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OUR LOVED ONES

From Los Angeles County...
Killed in Afghanistan and Iraq

March 21, 2003
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jose Gutierrez, 22, of Lomita

One of the first two American combat casualties of the war in Iraq, Gutierrez was not an American citizen.
 An orphan from Guatemala, he left there at age 14 with another homeless boy to make the dangerous
journey to the U.S. by train, foot and bus. In the U.S., he was detained by the INS, but taken in by a local
family that adopted immigrant children.  He was granted permanent legal residency in the U.S. and later
enlisted in the Marine Corps.  Gutierrez was granted U.S. citizenship posthumously on April 2, 2003.

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March 23, 2003 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Jorge A. Gonzalez, 20, of Rialto (Graduate of El Monte High School)

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March 25, 2003 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Francisco A. Martinez Flores, 21, of Duarte
Granted U.S. citizenship posthumously on April 6, 2003.

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April 8, 2003 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant First Class John W. Marshall, 50, of Los Angeles
Also served in Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm.

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May 12, 2003 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Jose Francisco Gonzalez Rodriguez, 19, of Norwalk

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June 3, 2003 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant Atanacio Haro Marin Jr., 27, of Baldwin Park

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June 19, 2003 - Iraq
U.S. Army Specialist Paul T. Nakamura, 21, of Santa Fe Springs

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July 24, 2003 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant Evan Asa Ashcraft, 24, of West Hills

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October 13, 2003 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class Jose Casanova, 23, of El Monte

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October 24, 2003 - Iraq
U.S. Army Specialist Jose L. Mora, 26, of Bell Gardens

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November 15, 2003 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Kelly Bolor, 37, of Whittier

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November 23, 2003 - Iraq
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Eddie E. Menyweather, 35, of Los Angeles
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U.S. Army Specialist Rel A. Ravago IV, 21, of Glendale

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April 6, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Allan K. Walker, 28, of Lancaster

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April 9, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class Eric A. Ayon, 26, of Arleta

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April 11, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class George D. Torres, 23, of Long Beach

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April 16, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant Brian M. Wood, 21, of Torrance

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April 20, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class Leroy Harris-Kelly, 20, of Azusa

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April 27, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Abraham D. Penamedina, 32, of Los Angeles

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May 3, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class Lyndon A. Marcus, Jr., 21, of Long Beach

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May 20, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Rudy Salas, 20, of Baldwin Park

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May 29, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Benjamin R. Gonzalez, 23, of Los Angeles

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August 6, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Roberto Abad, 22, of Los Angeles

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August 15, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class Geoffrey Perez, 24, of Los Angeles

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August 27, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Army Specialist Omead H. Razani, 19, of Los Angeles

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August 28, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Edgar E. Lopez, 27, of Los Angeles

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September 27, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Joselito O. Villanueva, 36, of Los Angeles

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October 24, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Richard Patrick Slocum, 19, of Saugus

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November 11, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lieutenant James P. "JP" Blecksmith, 24, of San Marino

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November 13, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class Cole W. Larsen, 19, of Canyon Country
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Victor R. Lu, 22, of Los Angeles

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November 14, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal George J. Payton, 20, of Culver City

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November 16, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class Jose Ricardo Flores-Mejia, 21, of Santa Clarita

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November 18, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Luis A. Figueroa, 21, of Los Angeles

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November 28, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant Trinidad R. Martinez Luis, 22, of Los Angeles

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December 12, 2004 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Ian W. Stewart, 21, of Lake Hughes

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January 26, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Stephen P. Johnson, 24, of Covina

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January 28, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class Stephen A. Castellano, 21, of Long Beach

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February 2, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Captain Sean Lee Brock, 29, of Redondo Beach

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April 23, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant Anthony J. Davis Jr., 22, of Long Beach

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April 30, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Juan de Dios Garcia-Arana, 27, of Los Angeles

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May 24, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Randy D. Collins, 36, of Long Beach

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June 15, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Dion M. Whitley, 21, of Los Angeles

June 15, 2005 - Iraq
U.S.Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Cesar O. Baez, 37, of Pomona

June 23, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Veashna Muy, 20, of Los Angeles

June 24, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Carlos Pineda, 23, of Los Angeles

July 24, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant Milton M. Monzon Jr., 21, of Los Angeles

July 29, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private Ernesto R. Guerra, 20, of Long Beach

August 22, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Ramon Romero, 19, of Huntington Park

October 8, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Sergio H. Escobar, 18, of Pasadena

October 16, 2005 - Afghanistan
U.S. Army Private First Class Joseph Cruz, 22, of Whittier

October 19, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant Arthur A. Mora Jr., 23, of Pico Rivera

October 29, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant Shaker T. Guy, 23, of Pomona

December 25, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Army Specialist Sergio Gudino, 22, of Pomona

December 31, 2005 - Iraq
U.S. Army National Guard Sergeant Marcelino Ronald Corniel, 23, of La Puente

January 7, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Army Major Douglas A. LaBouff, 36, of La Puente
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Raul Mercado, 21, of Monrovia

January 16, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Rex C. Kenyon, 34, of El Segundo

January 20, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Carlos Arrelano Pandura, 22, of Los Angeles/Rosemead

February 4, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Army Specialist Roberto L. Martinez Salazar, 21, of Long Beach

February 28, 2006 - Afghanistan
U.S. Army Master Sergeant Emigdio E. Elizarraras, 37, of Pico Rivera

April 2, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Navy Hospitalman Geovani Padilla Aleman, 20, of South Gate
and
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Felipe D. Sandoval-Flores, 20, of Los Angeles

April 22, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant Kyle A. Colnot, 23, of Arcadia

June 9, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Salvador Guerrero, 21, of Los Angeles

June 20, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Christopher D. Leon, 20, of Lancaster

June 29, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Army Corporal Ryan J. Clark, 19, of Lancaster

July 15, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant Andres J. Contreras, 23, of Huntington Park

August 27, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant David J. Almazan, 27, of Van Nuys

September 30, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Army Corporal Luis E. Tejeda, 20, of Huntington Park

October 2, 2006 - Afghanistan
U.S. Army Specialist Fernando D. Robinson, 21, of Hawthorne

October 22, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Army Specialist Matthew W. Creed, 23, of Covina

November 11, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant Angel De Jesus Lucio Ramirez, 22, of Pacoima

November 14, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Mario D. Gonzalez, 21, of La Puente

December 10, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Army Specialist Nicholas P. Steinbacher, 22, of La Crescenta

December 21, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Ryan L. Mayhan, 25, of Hawthorne

December 23, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Army Specialist Elias Elias, 27, of Glendora

December 28, 2006 - Iraq
U.S. Army Specialist Luis G. Ayala, 21, of South Gate

January 27, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class David T. Toomalatai, 19, of Long Beach

January 28, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Specialist Carla Jane Stewart, 37, of Sun Valley

January 30, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Alejandro Carrillo, 22, of Los Angeles

February 11, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Specialist Dennis L. Sellen Jr., 20, of Newhall

February 18, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Blake H. Howey, 20, of Glendora

February 20, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Specialist Louis G. Kim, 19, of West Covina

February 22, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class Rowan D. Walter, 25, of Winnetka

March 2, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army National Guard Specialist Christopher D. Young, 20, of Los Angeles

March 14, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Specialist Adam J. Rosema, 27, of Pasadena

March 17, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant John E. Allen, 25, of Palmdale

March 21, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Darrell R. Griffin Jr., 36, of Alhambra

April 3, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class Gabriel J. Figueroa, 20, of Baldwin Park

April 4, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class Walter Freeman Jr., 20, of Lancaster

April 18, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class Jason M. Morales, 20, of La Puente

May 2, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Specialist Astor A. Sunsin-Pineda, 20, of Long Beach

May 3, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Sergeant Felix G. Gonzalez-Iraheta, 25, of Sun Valley

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May 15, 2007 - Afghanistan
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Joshua R. Whitaker, 23, of Long Beach

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May 23, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class Joseph J. Anzack Jr., 20, of Torrance

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May 23, 2007 - Iraq
U.S. Army Private First Class Daniel P. Cagle, 22, of Carson

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