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Chad A. Gonsalves
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Name: Army Sgt. 1st Class Chad A. Gonsalves
Age: 31
From: Turlock, Calif.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Sgt. 1st Class Chad A. Gonsalves was killed Feb. 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations north of Deh Rawod, Afghanistan. Also
Died: February 13, 2006
Green Beret was destined for the military, says mom
Age: 31
From: Turlock, Calif.
Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident: Army Sgt. 1st Class Chad A. Gonsalves was killed Feb. 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations north of Deh Rawod, Afghanistan. Also
Died: February 13, 2006
Green Beret was destined for the military, says mom
LOS ANGELES — Army Sgt. 1st Class Chad Gonsalves had a calling for the service.
“I knew from the day I brought him home and rocked him — I knew he was destined for the military,” said his mother Marsha Gonsalves.
Gonsalves, who was raised in Turlock in the Central Valley, wore camouflage fatigues as a boy and as a young man became a member of the Army’s elite Special Forces, wearing the group’s fabled Green Beret.
Gonsalves, 31, was on patrol Feb. 13 with Afghan troops in the Oruzgan province when his armored Humvee hit a roadside bomb, military officials said. Gonsalves and three other U.S. soldiers were killed.
Gonsalves was an indifferent student who dropped out of high...
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the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Incident
Army Sgt. 1st Class Chad A. Gonsalves was killed Feb. 13 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee during combat operations north of Deh Rawod, Afghanistan. Also
Prayers & Messages
Chad A. Gonsalves
2006-05-17
Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening,
into the house and gate of heaven,
to enter into that gate, and dwell in that house where there shall be
no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light;
no noise nor silence, but one equal music;
no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession;
no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity;
in the habitation of Thy glory and dominion,
world without end. Amen.
into the house and gate of heaven,
to enter into that gate, and dwell in that house where there shall be
no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light;
no noise nor silence, but one equal music;
no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession;
no ends nor beginnings, but one equal eternity;
in the habitation of Thy glory and dominion,
world without end. Amen.