California’s War Dead

    Adam W. Estep

    Adam W. Estep, 23

    Army, Sergeant
    Baghdad (eastern part), Iraq
    Gender: Male
    Hometown: San Jose
    He had so much potential to be this wonderful man. I came to the realization that I might never have a chance to do that with him if I were to wait.
    — Demara Miller Estep, widow, 20, on marrying young

    Estep's mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when he was 11. As a teenager, he would push her wheelchair and comfort her when she became bedridden.
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