Michael W. Vega, 41

Vega's girlfriend, Marisol Vazquez, described him as a "soldier at heart" who would rise every morning at dawn to run five miles so he could keep in fighting shape. Vega came from three generations of military service. He died nine days after being wounded south of Baghdad.

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