Javier A. Villanueva, 25

Based in California

Army, Specialist
Based: Ft. Irwin, Calif.
2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: November 24, 2005
Al Asad, Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: Temple, Texas

Villanueva died in Al Asad, Iraq, of injuries suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his dismounted patrol in Hit, Iraq, on the Euphrates River.