When the mortars come, we hug the ground and I laugh.
— Abraham J. Pena Medina, letter to a friend
Pena Medina joined the Army in 1991 to have a better life, the Chicago Tribune reported. His friend Elizabeth Bustamante remembered him as a cheerful man who loved country-western dancing. He used laughter, she said, in part because his early years had been so hard.

2 memories of Abraham

When most of us in high school talked about going to college, he would say that he joined the ARMY. He even missed getting his high school diploma with all of us becasue he left for Basic Training a day before graduation. I do not remember details, but know that Pena helped Roosevelt High School JROTC program win. I was hoping to run into him one day. That will never happen. Abraham Pena R.I.P.

— SSG Carmona, Raul
June 23, 2008 at 3:43 p.m.

Abraham,

If tears could build a stairway
And memories were a lane
We would walk right up to Heaven
And bring you back again

No farewell words were spoken
No time to say goodbye
You were gone before we knew it
And only God knows why

Since you'll never be forgotten
We pledge to you today
A hallowed place within our hearts
Is where you'll always stay

— your sis, elvia
July 13, 2008 at 4:26 p.m.

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