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Joel K. Brattain, 21
Army, Private 1st Class
Based:
Ft. Bragg, N.C.
Supporting:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died:
March 13, 2004
Baghdad (southeast area),
Iraq
Gender:
Male
Hometown:
Yorba Linda
High School:
Esperanza High (Anaheim)
Burial:
Holy Sepulcher Cemetery, Orange
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9/11 touched him like it touched everybody. When you become 18 and you're out of school, I think your eyes open to the world, and you ask yourself, 'What am I going to do with my life?'
— Kris Brattain, brother
The fall before he died, Brattain married his high school sweetheart on the sand in Laguna Beach. In January, he shipped off to Iraq. Brattain was a wilderness buff. "He did everything full-bore or nothing," his brother said.
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Three memories of Joel K. Brattain
Joel was a fine young man who had found his way in life. I recall his mother's worry when Joel enlisted in the Army, but she knew that it was a decision made by her son who was now a grown man.
In honored glory, Joel joins his grandfather, who was killed in the Vietnam War- as American heroes.
You are not forgotten...
Snowboarding, skateboarding and just being kids. As a friend it hurts to know I'll never see him again, but he truly is a hero and he won't be forgotten.
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