California’s War Dead

    Military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2001-Present

    Brian J. Pedro, 27
    He wouldn't come over and talk and pick your brain like normal people. He would just come up to you and give you a giant bear hug until you smiled.
    —Shanna Pedro, wife, on how he would cheer up friends
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    Total killed as of June 3, 2013: 737
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    Sources: Times research, Defense Department, iCasualties.org
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    California's War Dead is the Los Angeles Times' collection of stories about the 737 California servicemembers and 490 others based in California who died during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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