California’s War Dead

    Roberto L. Martinez Salazar, 21

    Army, Specialist
    Mosul, Iraq
    Gender: Male
    Hometown: Long Beach
    Foreign Country of Birth: Mexico
    He was just a kid, a kid, a lovely kid. I don't know why God decided to take him but now he has an angel to sing and praise him. I know he did this for us, for all the people--not just for the family, but just for all the people in this country and in Iraq.
    — Isabel Enciso, aunt

    Martinez Salazar was born in Mexico and moved to Long Beach as a child, the Associated Press reported. He planned to get married after returning from his second tour in Iraq and hoped to make the military his career.
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    One memory of Roberto L. Martinez Salazar

    The children of First Lutheran church SAY Yes center in Long Beach have made a Memory Stone memorial for Roberto and are praying for his family and friends.

    — Carolyn Smith
    June 4, 2008 at 2:12 p.m.
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