Jose Rodriguez, 22

Army, Sergeant

Based: Joint Base Lewis-McChord

4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division

Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom

Died: June 19, 2012

Kandahar province, Afghanistan

Married, 1 child

Gender: Male

Hometown: Gustine

High School: Gustine High (Gustine)

Burial: San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, Santa Nella, Calif.

Rodriguez died June 19, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from enemy, small arms fire.

Alejandro J. Pardo, 07/08/2012

Nicholas C. Fredsti, 06/15/2012

Three memories of Jose Rodriguez

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I can still remember the day it happened, the smell and taste of the nasty dirt we tracked through that day, the 120 degree hot beaming sun, the burning of my eyes from the dirt filled sweat that poured into my eyes off my forehead as bullets somehow cracked ever so closely to my head but never finding its mark as if i had some type of force field. The call over the radio that i heard wishing and hoping that it wasnt one of the "honey badgers". My heart is still heavy from the pain i felt watching you roll out of the room next to me in the black bag with a flag draped over you as you became just another "statistic" in the eyes of the government.wishing i could rip all the needles and gadgets off of me just to give you one last hug as a brother. I wish i could go back to that horrible place and plant my feet in your boots just to see that big cheesy smile on your face when you got to see octo just one more time. I love and miss you just as much as that messy and unclear 19th day of june. Honey badgers lead the way!

” — daniel robert segura, January 26, 2015 at 1:18 a.m.

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