Arellano Pandura
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Age: 22
From: Rosemead, Calif.
Assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward)
Incident: Marine Cpl. Carlos Arellano Pandura was killed Jan. 20 by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device while he was conducting combat operations in Haqlaniyah, Iraq. Also
Died: January 20, 2006
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Marine killed in Iraq hoped for future as SWAT officer
Associated Press
ROSEMEAD, Calif. — A 27-year-old Marine who survived two previous tours in Iraq died in Anbar province when a suicide bomber ignited an explosives-filled car, military officials said.
Carlos Arellano of Rosemead was killed on Jan. 20. He had joined the Marines to get training as a SWAT officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, his brother said.
He had planned to study criminal justice when he returned from Iraq in March. His discharge was scheduled for July.
Marco Arellano said his brother was a fearless, outgoing person who showed off pictures of himself mixing with local people in Iraq.
“His favorite times were when children would come out to wave to him,” his brother said.
Carlos Arellano joined the Marines in 2003, a year after graduating from high school. He was wounded in the leg by...
Prayers & Messages
I am sorry.
I Did Not Die
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow;
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain;
I am the gentle Autumn’s rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush.
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft star that shines at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there;
I did not die.
- Anon -