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Francisco Abraham Martinez Flores, 21
Marines, Private 1st Class
Based:
Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Supporting:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died:
March 25, 2003
Nasiriya,
Iraq
Gender:
Male
Hometown:
Duarte
Foreign Country of Birth:
Mexico
Burial:
Live Oak Memorial Park, Monrovia
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Despite what people say that this war is about business or is about oil, I know that my son went to Iraq for liberty and to end suffering.
— Martha Martinez, mother
Martinez Flores came with his family from the Mexican state of Jalisco at age 3 and was two weeks away from becoming a U.S. citizen when he died. He was awarded citizenship posthumously. In 2003, a post office in Duarte was renamed in his honor.
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strange, my name is abraham lopez.... me and my family came from Jalisco, Mexico when I was 12... What we give to be citizens of this great country.
GOD BLESS YOU,AND THANK-YOU,SEMPER FI
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