Federico G. Borjas
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Age: 33
From: San Diego
Assigned to 416th Civil Affairs Battalion, 351st Civil Affairs Command, U.S. Army Reserve, San Diego
Incident: Army Sgt. Federico G. Borjas died Oct. 16 in Bermel District Center, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained from small-arms fire during a dismounted patrol.
Died: October 16, 2008
Army Sgt. Federico G. Borjas remembered
The Associated Press
Federico G. Borjas was someone who lived with a single-minded determination to give of himself at every level, whether for family, community or country.
“He was very driven to be a protector,” San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne said. “He told me personally that he wanted to make sure everyone had the same chances that he’d had, and that you had to fight to make that happen.”
Borjas, 33, of San Diego, Calif., died Oct. 16 in Bermel District Center, Afghanistan, of wounds from small-arms fire. He was assigned to San Diego.
Borjas joined the Marines at 18, then joined the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and later was a corrections deputy in Otay Mesa. Then he joined the San Diego Police Department, eventually joining the SWAT team and color guard. He most recently served as a patrol officer in the...