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Manuel A. Ceniceros, 23
Marines, Lance Corporal
Based:
Camp Pendleton
Supporting:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died:
June 26, 2004
Anbar province,
Iraq
Gender:
Male
Hometown:
Santa Ana
High School:
Valley High (Santa Ana)
Burial:
Santa Ana Cemetery, Santa Ana
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My husband, for most of his life, had never felt like he owned anything or stood for anything, because he was so quiet and so shy. When he was in high school, he wasn't known for anything at all. But when he became a Marine, it was like he owned that.
— Elizabeth Ceniceros, widow
An only child, Ceniceros lost his father when he was in high school. For him, joining the Marine Corps was the beginning of a love affair with his second family.
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These men and women didn't die for granted. If you believe that they did then all men and women who have died in war for our country have died in vain, from the independence of England to present. There is a reason; the reason is freedom whether for us or another country or whether it will benefit our country in the long run. For freedom there is a price and their blood has paid the price. The United States has to be the police of the world and lead the way. If the United States ignores the crises’ of the world then all freedom would be at stake. I believe in their mission and I support the men and women of our military. I didn't know you Manuel, but rest in peace brother.
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