California’s War Dead

    Kevin M. Luna, 26

    Army, Private 1st Class
    Forward Operating Base Normandy (near Muqdadiya), Iraq
    Gender: Male
    Hometown: Oxnard
    As much as he wanted to serve his country, he went into the military to provide for his son. He was a generous father.
    — Theresa Luna, mother

    Luna in his barracks when he was shot to death by his sergeant, James Pousard, in what the military said was an accident. Pousard served 10 months in custody and was released after the Army lost the transcript of his trial.
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