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Paul A Velazquez
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Name: Army Staff Sgt. Paul A. Velazquez
Age: 29
From: San Diego
Assigned to III Corps Artillery at Fort Sill, Okla.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Paul A. Velazquez was killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq.
Died: November 02, 2003
Soldier remembered as being steadfast for freedom
Associated Press
Age: 29
From: San Diego
Assigned to III Corps Artillery at Fort Sill, Okla.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Paul A. Velazquez was killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq.
Died: November 02, 2003
Soldier remembered as being steadfast for freedom
Associated Press
LAWTON, Okla. — An Army sergeant who died along with 15 others when their helicopter was shot down in Iraq was remembered in Nov. 11 funeral services as being a lover of freedom.
Staff Sgt. Paul A. “Tony” Velazquez, 29, was one of six soldiers from Fort Sill who died when their CH-47 Chinook went down near Fallujah, Iraq, on Nov. 2.
“I am very proud and honored to serve alongside a soldier such as Tony Velazquez,” said retired 1st Sgt. Daniel Capri.
He said Velazquez believed in freedom.
“He lived it, he breathed it and he died for it,” Capri said.
Velazquez, who is survived by a wife and three young children, was born July 24, 1974, in...
Occupation
III Corps Artillery at Fort Sill, Okla.
Incident
Army Staff Sgt. Paul A. Velazquez was killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Paul A Velazquez
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.