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Manuel J. Holguin Jr., 21
Army, Specialist
Based:
Baumholder, Germany
Supporting:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died:
July 15, 2006
Baghdad,
Iraq
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He set a challenge for himself. And if it happened to be that he would go to war, then he would conduct himself honorably and serve proudly.
— Manuel Holguin Sr., father, on son's decision to enlist
Holguin was following a proud family tradition of serving in the Army. His grandfather was a veteran of World War II and his two uncles served in Vietnam.
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