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Lauro G DeLeon Jr
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Name: Army Spc. Lauro G. DeLeon Jr.
Age: 20
From: Floresville, Texas
Assigned to the 644th Transportation Company, Army Reserve, Beaumont, Texas
Incident: Army Spc. Lauro G. DeLeon Jr. was killed Sept. 8 when improvised explosive devices detonated near his convoy in Balad, Iraq.
Died: September 08, 2004
San Antonio-area soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 20
From: Floresville, Texas
Assigned to the 644th Transportation Company, Army Reserve, Beaumont, Texas
Incident: Army Spc. Lauro G. DeLeon Jr. was killed Sept. 8 when improvised explosive devices detonated near his convoy in Balad, Iraq.
Died: September 08, 2004
San Antonio-area soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio-area soldier was killed this week when his vehicle drove over a makeshift bomb in Iraq, according to his family.
Cpl. Lauro DeLeon III, 20, of Floresville died Wednesday, about two months after paying a surprise two-week visit to his family.
“It brings a lot of comfort that the Lord allowed us to have those two weeks,” his mother, Grace Lopez, told the San Antonio Express-News for a Friday story.
While back in Texas, DeLeon went to the movies and out to eat with his family, and fished in Corpus Christi with friends.
Lopez says he talked to her about his religious faith and how the memory of her words had comforted him while he...
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the 644th Transportation Company, Army Reserve, Beaumont, Texas
Incident
Army Spc. Lauro G. DeLeon Jr. was killed Sept. 8 when improvised explosive devices detonated near his convoy in Balad, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Lauro G DeLeon Jr
2012-08-09
Lauro was a great friend and a model soldier. He died for something he believed in and that was fighting for this country. We miss you and may God continue to be with your family. I will see you again someday my friend.
SFC Jerry House
Lauro G DeLeon Jr
2012-01-09
I think of my friend Deleon probably every time I think of being in Iraq, which is as you can imagine every single day. I will see him again in Heaven. I miss you Deleon.
SSG Lynn Bierhalter
Lauro G DeLeon Jr
2010-06-04
love you ,we miss you but we understand you had to do what was in your heart. love mom
Lauro G DeLeon Jr
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.