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Felipe D. Sandoval-Flores, 20
Marines, Lance Corporal
Based:
Camp Pendleton
Supporting:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died:
April 2, 2006
Al Asad (near),
Iraq
Gender:
Male
Hometown:
Los Angeles
High School:
Locke High (Los Angeles)
Foreign Country of Birth:
Mexico
Burial:
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
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Before he signed up, we all sat down as a family and discussed that the country was at war. We said there was a really big chance he would go to war and how much it would hurt for us to be apart from him. But he said, 'This is my dream.'
— Blanca Sandoval-Flores, Sister
Sandoval-Flores was born in Michoacan, Mexico. His mother was from El Salvador. In his final letter to his girlfriend he told her he loved her and when he got home, he was bringing a ring.
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