Israel Garcia, 24

Garcia was married to his high school sweetheart. The couple moved to Italy, where he was stationed, just months after marrying. Lesly was staying with relatives in Long Beach when she got news that Garcia had been killed in Afghanistan when his outpost was attacked by small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades.
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