Michelangelo A. Mora, 19

Army, Private 1st Class

Based: Ft. Polk, La.

3rd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division

Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Died: May 14, 2004

Najaf, Iraq

Single

Gender: Male

Hometown: Arroyo Grande

High School: Arroyo Grande High (Arroyo Grande)

Burial: Arroyo Grande Cemetery, Arroyo Grande, Calif.

In his last few weeks in Iraq, Mora had told his parents that he was worn down by daily attacks on American troops and wanted to come home.

Marcos O. Nolasco, 05/18/2004

Brud J. Cronkrite, 05/14/2004

15 memories of Michelangelo A. Mora

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My Son, Robert and Mike are the same age and I coached Mike two years while he played on the YMCA Roller Hockey Team I was coaching at the time. He was always a fun, energetic, guy and would always volunteer to play goalie, a position that we did not have many volunteers for! I used to call him Teenage Mutant Goalie because of his name being the same as one the the characters in a cartoon my younger son watched. This is close to home for me as Mike and my Son both joined the Armed Forces at the same time with my Son going into the Army while Mike chose the Marines. My Son is still serving in the Army for over six years now and is currently a Military Policeman now stationed at Fort Carson. I just want you all to know what a special Young Man Michelangelo Mora was and his memory is in my heart and I think of him every time I see a young man playing goalie at a roller hockey game! I am glad I got to be able to meet and coach this fine young man. He will be missed greatly by myself and my Son as they developed a close friendship when they played together that carried on after roller hockey.

” — Robert Young, December 2, 2010 at 7:42 a.m.

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