California’s War Dead

    Samuel S. Lee, 19

    Army, Private 1st Class
    Ramadi, Iraq
    Gender: Male
    Hometown: Anaheim
    The balloons we're sending to heaven, where he is now. We will miss him.
    — Laura Reyna, friend

    As the son of Korean immigrants, Lee asked to be stationed in Korea so he could visit his ancestral homeland. He was stationed in South Korea before he was deployed to Iraq. The military determined his death was a suicide.
    Times obituary
    Orange Register story on high school memorial for Samuel S. Lee
    « Garrywesley Tan Rimes, 04/01/2005
    Wade Michael Twyman, 03/04/2005 »
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    Three memories of Samuel S. Lee

    His smile will live in our hearts forever. Sam was a good kid and I'll always miss him.

    — William Chi
    May 26, 2008 at 6:43 p.m.
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    A great lose to those who knew him. A good friend through the years.

    — Brook del Rio'Pieper
    June 23, 2008 at 4:51 p.m.
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    Our son's and daughter's are gone for ever! Shame on those people who send them to a war that is for oil only, and they hide behind this notion that they are helping people!You will be punished real soon!

    — Robert
    July 26, 2008 at 11:15 p.m.
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