Manuel J. Vasquez, 22

Army, Specialist

Based: Grafenwoehr, Germany

2nd Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade

Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom

Died: April 24, 2012

Paktika province, Afghanistan

Gender: Male

Hometown: West Sacramento

Burial: St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Sacramento

Vasquez died April 24 in Paktika province, Afghanistan.

Andrew T. Britton-Mihalo, 04/25/2012

Nicholas S. Johnson, 04/19/2012

Six memories of Manuel J. Vasquez

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I would like to give my condolences to Manuel's family and friends. I didn't know him, but I'm sure he was a fine young man. The Bible speaks of one day when there will be no more wars. In fact it says at Psalms 46:9 "He is making wars to cease to the extremity of the earth." You will have a chance to see your loved one again. Jesus is the hope and resurrection of life. It says so at John 5:28,29 for he says: "Do not marvel at this for the hour has come in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life and those who practice vile things to a resurrection of judgement." This gives us a wonderful hope for the future. May you have peace and comfort.

” — M.Mahan, May 7, 2012 at 11:31 a.m.

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Manuel was so funny , always made
me laugh...my favorite cousin to hang out with because I could always be myself around him and all we did was laugh and have fun..we shared a room together two different times in our life and we grew really close through that time. I specifically remember one time we were eating an Almond joy(the candy) and Manuel remarked if he made a candy bar he would call it Manuel joy ...Also we had fun prank calling people ( mostly family) as his favorite impersonation (Tony Montana) Scarface. Of all my loved ones who have passed I cried the most tears over Manuel , perhaps that was a testament to the depth of my love for him. Due to my circumstances it was unreal to me that he passed because I couldn't be there for the funeral or anything. It's just now hitting me that he really is gone because I see his brothers, father , sister, cousins and he's really not there and it hurts but I try to remember the good times because there were so many. Even As I write this , tears I cannot avoid . However, I know it's going to be alright , I'm going to be alright. I just miss him a lot is all..

” — Jesse Pashenee, January 22, 2017 at 3:20 p.m.

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