Emigdio E. Elizarraras
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Age: 37
From: Pico Rivera, Calif.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Master Sgt. Emigdio E. Elizarraras was killed Feb. 28, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during a reconnaissance mission in Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.
Died: February 28, 2006
Green Beret killed in Afghanistan blast
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A North Carolina-based Green Beret was killed when a roadside bomb exploded near his vehicle in Afghanistan this week, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
Master Sgt. Emigdio E. Elizarraras, 37, of Pico Rivera, Calif., died Tuesday north of Tarin Kowt while he was on a reconnaissance patrol. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion of the 7th Special Forces Group.
Elizarraras is the 11th soldier from the 7th Group to die in Afghanistan. Twenty-six Fort Bragg-based Special Forces soldiers have died in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Elizarraras joined the Army in 1986 and deployed in the first Gulf War. He had also been stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky., Fort Benning, Ga. and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. He volunteered for Special Forces in 1997.
Elizarraras also was a Ranger and his awards include four Army Commendation medals.
Surviving are Elizarraras’ wife, Kris, two...
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into the house and gate of heaven,
to enter into that gate, and dwell in that house where there shall be
no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light;
no noise nor silence, but one equal music;
no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession;
no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity;
in the habitation of Thy glory and dominion,
world without end. Amen.