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Zeferino E Colunga
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Name: Army Spc. Zeferino E. Colunga
Age: 20
From: Bellville, Texas
Assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment, Fort Polk, La. died Aug. 6 at Homburg University Hospital after he was evacuated from the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq.
Incident: Army Spc. Zeferino E. Colunga was killed
Died: August 06, 2003
Soldier dies suddenly of illness
Associated Press
Age: 20
From: Bellville, Texas
Assigned to 4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment, Fort Polk, La. died Aug. 6 at Homburg University Hospital after he was evacuated from the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq.
Incident: Army Spc. Zeferino E. Colunga was killed
Died: August 06, 2003
Soldier dies suddenly of illness
Associated Press
Army Spc. Zeferino Eusebio Colunga was a healthy 220-pound former Texas high school tackle when he was deployed to Kuwait in late April. He died on Wednesday at a hospital in Germany after a battle with acute leukemia his family didn’t know he had as well as pneumonia, his sister said Thursday.
“When he left here, my brother was a totally healthy boy,” Teresa Colunga told The Associated Press from the family home in Bellville, about 50 miles west of Houston.
The Department of Defense on Aug. 7 announced Colunga died at Homburg University Hospital in Germany. He was first evacuated to the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq on Aug. 4, then evacuated to Landstuhl Army...
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4th Squadron, 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment, Fort Polk, La.
Incident
Army Spc. Zeferino E. Colunga died Aug. 6 at Homburg University Hospital after he was evacuated from the 28th Combat Support Hospital in Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Zeferino E Colunga
2008-08-13
I LOVE YOU ALWAYS YOU ARE ALWAYS IN MY THOUGHTS IN MY HEART I MISS YOU
Zeferino E Colunga
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.