Jaime Moreno
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Age: 28
From: Round Lake Beach, Ill.
Assigned to the 20th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident: Army Spc. Jaime Moreno died Oct. 13 of injuries sustained Oct. 12 when an improvised explosive device detonated near his patrol vehicle in Baghdad. Also killed were Capt. Dennis L. Pintor and Spc. Michael S. Weger.
Died: October 13, 2004
Northern Illinois native dies in Iraq
Associated Press
ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. — Jaime Moreno had dreamed about becoming a soldier ever since he was 5 years old.
The 28-year-old northern Illinois native died in Iraq Wednesday pursuing that dream when the patrol vehicle he was traveling in hit a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad, his family said.
“His dreams came true,” Moreno’s sister Maricela Repizo said. “That was his dream, to be a soldier.”
Also killed in the incident were Capt. Dennis L. Pintor and Spc. Michael S. Weger.
Capt. David C. Woodruff Jr., Moreno and Weger’s former commanding officer, described both men as “true heroes and warriors.”
They were on a combat mission to find terrorists and search for IEDs, Woodruff said. “That was their mission, and Bravo Company is the best at it,” he said. “They are the hardest working soldiers in their Area of Operations and they never...