California’s War Dead

    James M. Treber

    James M. Treber, 24

    Army, Sergeant
    Khosrow-E Sofla, Afghanistan
    Gender: Male
    Burial: Cremated
    I told him from day one, 'You're supposed to bury me, I'm not supposed to bury you.' I told him, 'I love this country, but I don't know if I love it enough to give up a son for it.'
    — Gordon Treber, father

    Treber, who had recently married, died six weeks after arriving in Iraq for his first combat tour. He and two other soldiers drown when their vehicle crashed into a canal. One of Treber's last acts was to free another soldier from his seatbelt and give him his airpocket. "He knew there was not enough room for both of us to breathe," the lone surviving soldier to a military news service.
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