Atanacio Haro Marin
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Age: 27
From: Baldwin Park, Calif.
Assigned to Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Sgt. Atanacio Haro Marin was killed by enemy south of Balad, Iraq, June 3.
Marin was manning a checkpoint when his unit came under enemy fire from rocket-propelled grenades and small arms.
Died: June 03, 2003
Baldwin Park soldier died from enemy fire in Iraq
Associated Press
BALDWIN PARK, Calif. — An Army sergeant ambushed and killed this week in Iraq was remembered by his family as a proud and courageous soldier who was living out a long-held dream of serving in the U.S. military.
Atanasio Haro Marin Jr. — whose name was spelled Atanacio Haromarin in a military announcement — died June 3 when his checkpoint was attacked with gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades.
“It takes a lot of courage to serve,” said Ismael Haro Marin, his older brother. “We are all going to miss him, we are missing him already. We wish it was a dream. We are trying to wake up to reality. There is so much pain.”
Marin, 27, known as “Nacho” to his...
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Incident
Marin was manning a checkpoint when his unit came under enemy fire from rocket-propelled grenades and small arms.