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Thai Vue, 22
Army, Specialist
Based:
Hanau, Germany
Supporting:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died:
June 18, 2004
Baghdad,
Iraq
Gender:
Male
Hometown:
Willows
High School:
Willows High (Willows)
Foreign Country of Birth:
Thailand
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He was going to come back. And we were going to get married and just live our life.
— Nancy Lee, longtime girlfriend
Vue was born in Thailand to Hmong parents who had fled Laos. His family came to the U.S. illegally, settling in Willows. He enlisted after high school, hoping that military life would help him get his life on track. He planned to go to college in Las Vegas after serving.
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