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Victor A Garcia
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Name: Army Spc. Victor A. Garcia
Age: 22
From: Rialto, Calif.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Army Spc. Victor A. Garcia died July 1 in Baghdad of wounds sustained from enemy small-arms fire.
Died: July 01, 2007
SoCal soldier killed in Iraq remembered for love of baseball
The Associated Press
Age: 22
From: Rialto, Calif.
Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.
Incident: Army Spc. Victor A. Garcia died July 1 in Baghdad of wounds sustained from enemy small-arms fire.
Died: July 01, 2007
SoCal soldier killed in Iraq remembered for love of baseball
The Associated Press
COVINA, Calif. — Atlanta Braves fan Victor Garcia had loved baseball since he was a kid playing in street games.
When he wasn’t playing, Garcia watched the Braves on television.
“If you walked into a room and the Braves were losing, he would tell you to get out of the room,” his sister Belinda Garcia recalled as memories were shared at the July 10 burial of the Army corporal.
Garcia, who was part of a Stryker Brigade Combat Team assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, at Fort Lewis, Wash., was killed by gunfire July 1 in Baghdad.
Hundreds showed up for the 22-year-old soldier’s...
Occupation
1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Fort Lewis, Wash.;
Incident
Army Cpl. Victor A. Garcia died July 1 in Baghdad of wounds sustained from enemy small-arms fire.
Prayers & Messages
Victor A Garcia
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.