booksbenji
02-09-05, 07:30 PM
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of our MARINES so that it would different, MA'AM.
If U feel this should be moved, move it, ok. hears goes:
Services today for Marine from Irving
12:05 AM CST on Tuesday, February 8, 2005
From Staff Reports
Services for Marine Lance Cpl. Nazario Serrano will be 1 p.m. today at St. Luke's Catholic Church, 202 S. MacArthur Blvd. in Irving. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.
Cpl. Serrano, 20, of Irving was killed Jan. 30 during fighting in Al Anbar province. He was engaging an enemy mortar team when he was struck in the chest by small-arms fire. The paperwork given to the family said he was recommended for the Purple Heart.
He was born Jan. 9, 1985, in Dallas and graduated from Irving High School in 2003. He's the second Irving High grad to die in Iraq. Spc. Josiah Vandertulip, a 2002 graduate, was killed Oct. 14 in Baghdad.
Cpl. Serrano joined the service about a year and a half ago and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif. He volunteered for duty in Iraq and spent the last five months, mostly in Fallujah, working in demolitions and clearing mines.
He planned to marry his high school sweetheart, Amanda Story, when he returned home next week for rest and recovery.
He is survived by his parents, Jose de Jesus Serrano and Maria Arrellano, both of Irving; son Landon Heath Serrano; fiancée Ms. Story of Kaufman; brothers Javier Serrano, Jesus Serrano and Daniel Serrano, all of Irving; grandmother Seleste Diaz Serrano of Cuba; and grandfather Bonifacio Arrellano of Mexico.
of our MARINES so that it would different, MA'AM.
If U feel this should be moved, move it, ok. hears goes:
Services today for Marine from Irving
12:05 AM CST on Tuesday, February 8, 2005
From Staff Reports
Services for Marine Lance Cpl. Nazario Serrano will be 1 p.m. today at St. Luke's Catholic Church, 202 S. MacArthur Blvd. in Irving. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.
Cpl. Serrano, 20, of Irving was killed Jan. 30 during fighting in Al Anbar province. He was engaging an enemy mortar team when he was struck in the chest by small-arms fire. The paperwork given to the family said he was recommended for the Purple Heart.
He was born Jan. 9, 1985, in Dallas and graduated from Irving High School in 2003. He's the second Irving High grad to die in Iraq. Spc. Josiah Vandertulip, a 2002 graduate, was killed Oct. 14 in Baghdad.
Cpl. Serrano joined the service about a year and a half ago and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif. He volunteered for duty in Iraq and spent the last five months, mostly in Fallujah, working in demolitions and clearing mines.
He planned to marry his high school sweetheart, Amanda Story, when he returned home next week for rest and recovery.
He is survived by his parents, Jose de Jesus Serrano and Maria Arrellano, both of Irving; son Landon Heath Serrano; fiancée Ms. Story of Kaufman; brothers Javier Serrano, Jesus Serrano and Daniel Serrano, all of Irving; grandmother Seleste Diaz Serrano of Cuba; and grandfather Bonifacio Arrellano of Mexico.