Jose C. Rangel
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Age: 43
From: Saratoga, Calif.
Assigned to the 1106th Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot, California Army National Guard, Fresno, Calif.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Jose C. Rangel died Jan. 23 of non-combat-related injuries in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
Died: January 23, 2005
Father of three dies during Kuwait training drill
Associated Press
FRESNO, Calif. — A Fresno man with the city’s Army Reserve depot died in Kuwait during a training drill Sunday, the Army confirmed Tuesday.
Jose Carlos Rangel, 43, was assigned to the 1106th Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot in Fresno, where he worked full-time overseeing the tool room.
He was running as part of a training drill Sunday when he collapsed, said his wife, Noemi Rangel.
Rangel was taken to the base hospital at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, where he died.
Born in Mexico, Rangel was the youngest of 10 children. His family moved to Stockton when he was 13.
At 19, he joined the Marine Corps after earning dual citizenship.
The father of three young boys was deployed to Kuwait in December after returning from Fort Lewis, Wash., in October and spending six weeks in Fresno with his family.
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Prayers & Messages
Thank you for all the years of service to our country and the world. I am so sorry for your loss in this war and for the grief of your family and friends. May you rest in peace and may God comfort your loved ones. I hope heaven is better than Encenada would have been.
Sincerely,
Mary