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Javier Chavez Jr.
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Name: Marine Pfc. Javier Chavez Jr.
Age: 19
From: Cutler, Calif.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. attached to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
Incident: Marine Pfc. Javier Chavez Jr. was killed Feb. 9 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations near Fallujah, Iraq.
Died: February 09, 2006
Roadside bomb kills Tulare County Marine in Iraq
Age: 19
From: Cutler, Calif.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. attached to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
Incident: Marine Pfc. Javier Chavez Jr. was killed Feb. 9 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations near Fallujah, Iraq.
Died: February 09, 2006
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Roadside bomb kills Tulare County Marine in Iraq
CUTLER, Calif. — A 19-year-old Marine from Tulare County was killed in Iraq last week after stepping on a roadside bomb.
Marine Pfc. Javier Chavez Jr., of Cutler, died last Thursday near Fallujah, Iraq, the Defense Department said in a statement Monday.
“We called him ‘Javi,”’ his stepmother, Veronica Chavez, told the San Francisco Chronicle. “He was a smart and thoughtful little boy, very respectful, very nice. He had a lot of friends.”
Chavez joined the Marines last April and arrived in Iraq last month, according to his stepmother. Just before leaving, he married his girlfriend, Janie Gonzalez.
Chavez’s father said his son wasn’t afraid of...
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the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. attached to the 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
Incident
Marine Pfc. Javier Chavez Jr. was killed Feb. 9 by an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations near Fallujah, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Javier Chavez Jr.
2006-05-17
May Christ support us all the day long,
till the shadows lengthen,
and the evening comes,
and the busy world is hushed,
and the fever of life is over
and our work is done.
Then in His mercy
may He give us a safe lodging,
and holy rest and peace at the last.
Amen.
My sincere heartfelt condolences to Javi's family
till the shadows lengthen,
and the evening comes,
and the busy world is hushed,
and the fever of life is over
and our work is done.
Then in His mercy
may He give us a safe lodging,
and holy rest and peace at the last.
Amen.
My sincere heartfelt condolences to Javi's family