MILITARY DEATHS
The Defense Department last week identified the following American soldier who died at a U.S. military hospital of his injuries in Aghanistan:
Robert J. Yllescas, 31, of Lincoln, Neb.; captain, Army. Yllescas died Monday at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., of injuries suffered Oct. 28 when a roadside bomb exploded near his unit at Combat Outpost Keating in northeastern Afghanistan’s Nuristan province. His legs were mangled and he suffered head trauma in the blast while commanding a cavalry troop. His legs were later amputated. He was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas.
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Sources: Department of Defense and the Associated Press
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Remembering California’s
war dead
“Two days ago was your birthday. I’m so sad I couldn’t get to celebrate it with you. I will never forget the good times we had.”
-- Will Hogue,
posted Wednesday on
Marine Lance Cpl. Marcus
Cherry, 18, of Imperial, Calif.,
who was killed April 6, 2004,
during a battle in Iraq’s Anbar
province, west of Baghdad
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