California’s War Dead

    William J. Wiscowiche

    William J. Wiscowiche, 20

    Marines, Lance Corporal
    Anbar province, Iraq
    Gender: Male
    Hometown: Victorville
    He didn't want to go back. But he told his mother he accepted it.
    — Joseph Wiscowiche, father

    The son of a Vietnam War veteran, Wiscowiche had wanted to become a Marine since he was a boy. After his first tour in Iraq, he returned home and married his high school sweetheart.
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    Two memories of William J. Wiscowiche

    God Bless this young man. Thank you ever so much for serving and giving your life. I did not know you, but we are all family in the high desert. Your sacrifice was not in vain.

    — Eric
    October 28, 2010 at 7:24 a.m.
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    i am deeply touched for every single life lost in this crazy war.from Romania,with deepest sympathy

    — fla
    November 16, 2010 at 10:06 p.m.
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