Jose A. Rivera-Serrano
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Age: 26
From: Mayaquez, Puerto Rico
Assigned to the 2d Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Spc. Jose A. Rivera-Serrano died Dec. 27 of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device hit his vehicle in Baghdad.
Died: December 27, 2004
Puerto Rican soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Puerto Rican soldier was killed in Iraq when a roadside bomb exploded as his vehicle passed, the Army said Tuesday.
Spc. Jose A. Rivera Serrano, 26, died in the attack in Baghdad on Monday, Army spokesman Jose Pagan said.
Rivera became the 23rd person from the Caribbean territory to be killed in the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Rivera was assigned to B Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Division, based out of Fort Hood, Texas, Pagan said.
His parents live in the west-coast city of Mayaguez and they said he will be buried in Puerto Rico.
“He called me a few days ago and he told me that he loved me very much and he would be here soon,” his mother, Myrna Serrano, said.
Rivera enlisted in the military because of money problems after studying at a vocational school in Mayaguez, Serrano said.
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