Cristian Vazquez, 20

Marines, Lance Corporal

Based: Camp Pendleton

1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force

Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Died: August 2, 2007

Rawah, Iraq

Single

Gender: Male

Hometown: Coalinga

High School: Cambridge Continuation High School (Coalinga)

Burial: Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Coalinga, Calif.

At the time of his death, Vazquez was making plans to attend college. He dreamed of becoming a doctor so that his mother, a farmworker, could retire from the backbreaking labor of harvesting almonds.

Michael E. Tayaotao, 08/09/2007

Daniel F. Reyes, 07/31/2007

Six memories of Cristian Vazquez

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This is a beautiful picture of Cristian, he was a very kind and loving man, and he was also very handsome, we suffer a great loss.
I was working on a documentory of Cristian because I live in Coalinga, California, and was amazed at the suupport of the community to the family of Cristian, I finally have finished the first stage of this Documentory, and am going to start to show this to the community and his family. My heart prays for all who have lost loved ones and who have been affected by this war and all wars, so even though I was not able to know Christian personally, I was blessed to meet both his mother and father, Agustin and Natalia, they are both special people and my prayers are with them.
I produced this Documentary SONS AND BROTHERS with all my love to all globally who have suffered because of War Theresa Ontiveros Grant

” — Theresa Ontiveros Grant , January 26, 2009 at 10:18 a.m.

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