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Leroy Sandoval Jr
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Name: Marine Pfc. Leroy Sandoval Jr.
Age: 21
From: Houston
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Pfc. Leroy Sandoval Jr. was killed March 26 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: March 26, 2004
Marine remembered at school service
Associated Press
Age: 21
From: Houston
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Pfc. Leroy Sandoval Jr. was killed March 26 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: March 26, 2004
Marine remembered at school service
Associated Press
HOUSTON — In his school days, Marine Pfc. Leroy Sandoval Jr. had a mischievous smile and a knack for making others laugh.
More than 200 classmates, friends and school staffers remembered Sandoval during a memorial service. He was killed in Iraq.
Sandoval graduated from Harvest Christian Academy in Pasadena, a private school, in 2000.
“Little Leroy ran a big race, and he ran it quick. He fell on this Earth, but he fell to rise in heaven,” Patricia Gehret, the academy’s superintendent, said. “We have the hard part — to carry on.”
Sandoval was killed April 23 in Fallujah, about 35 miles west of Baghdad, during a battle with Iraqi insurgents. The Marine, who grew...
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2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Pfc. Leroy Sandoval Jr. was killed March 26 by hostile fire in Anbar province, Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Leroy Sandoval Jr
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.