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Romel Catalan, 21
Army, Specialist
Based:
Ft. Lewis, Wash.
Supporting:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died:
June 2, 2007
Baghdad (Amiriya),
Iraq
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[He] was always smiling, the kind of guy you always respected just for being himself.
— Lt. Col. Avanulas Smiley, at a memorial in Iraq
Family members said Catalan was a fan of superhero comics and dreamed of one day becoming a police officer, according to the News Tribune of Tacoma, Wash. He enlisted in the Army on July 13, 2004, and was survived by his parents and a sister.
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