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Joel Perez
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Name: Army Sgt. Joel Perez
Age: 25
From: Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, based in Fort Sill, Okla.
Incident: Army Sgt. Joel Perez was killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq.
Died: November 02, 2003
Funeral service held for N.J. soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 25
From: Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, based in Fort Sill, Okla.
Incident: Army Sgt. Joel Perez was killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq.
Died: November 02, 2003
Funeral service held for N.J. soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. — Some 150 mourners attended a Nov. 10 funeral Mass for a soldier killed in Iraq while heading home on leave.
The casket of Sgt. Joel Perez was carried into the Cathedral Basilica of Sacred Heart past police and military honor guards. Monsignor William J. Reilly conducted the service in Spanish and English.
Perez spent some of his school years in Newark before returning to his native Puerto Rico. His wife, Milagros Perez, 18-month-old daughter, Jaileen, and mother, Luisa M. Mangual, live in the city.
Perez, 25, was among 16 soldiers killed when an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter was downed Nov. 2 near Fallujah, Iraq.
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2nd Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, based in Fort Sill, Okla.
Incident
Army Sgt. Joel Perez was killed Nov. 2 in an attack on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter near Fallujah, Iraq.
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Joel Perez
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.