California’s War Dead

    Nicanor Angel Alvarez

    Nicanor Angel Alvarez, 22

    Marines, Corporal
    Anbar province, Iraq
    Gender: Male
    He was a friend everyone would like to have.
    — Ismael Gonzalez, brother

    Alvarez was saving his military pay so he could go to college and become an architect. He was known for his perfectionism and his practical jokes.
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    Three memories of Nicanor Angel Alvarez

    My son is also a marine,God Bless .....

    — isaac huerta
    October 22, 2009 at 2:33 a.m.
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    I went to school with him,I serve as well and when i saw his picture at the mexico it crushed me. God Bless his family.

    — Patricia
    May 29, 2010 at 10:14 a.m.
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    I went to Pacific High with him, great friend and person. I am shocked.

    — Raul Fierros
    November 30, 2011 at 11:23 a.m.
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