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Juana Navarro Arellano, 24
Marines, Lance Corporal
Based:
Okinawa, Japan
Supporting:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died:
April 8, 2006
Taqaddum,
Iraq
Gender:
Female
Hometown:
Ceres
High School:
Peter Johansen High (Modesto)
Foreign Country of Birth:
Mexico
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She had a compassionate heart and a warrior spirit.
— Edmund Bowen, lieutenant colonel
Navarro Arellano, one of six children raised by a single mother, was nicknamed "Chica," according to the U.S. Marines in a story about her memorial service. Her death notice said she was born in Mexico and, along with her twin sister, became a U.S. citizen at 13.
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4 memories of Juana
GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. YOU TRUELY ARE A HERO
You made Latinos Proud
yo vivi en los ee uu y siento que es un pais en el cual uno aprende a amarlo por su respeto y libertad piense que es por eso su esfuerso futuro pais para mi hijo gracias al esfuerso de su hija .todo mis respeto y admirscion .un abraso desde argentina
Oh WOW..I am tearing for her braveness to serve for another country to help keep the peace.
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