Obituaries
The Iraq War, 10 Years of Casualties: Baldwin Park Feels its Touch
It's been 10 years since the start of the Iraq War. Baldwin Park lost three of its own in the Iraq War.
The 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began 10 years ago this week -- on March 19, 2003 -- and although officially "over," fighting continues with discouraging persistence.
By one count, the war is directly responsible for 189,000 deaths, not including those who died from hardship caused by the fighting.
CNN has a stunning map of all casualties in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
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In all, 4,802 Americans and allies have died in the war, according to the Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, including 134 Virginians.
Among them, three soldiers from Baldwin Park. From the CNN war casualties web site:
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- Pfc. Gabriel Jared Figueroa, 20.Killed when his unit came in contact with enemy forces using small arms fire in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 3, 2007
- Sgt. Atanacio Haromarin, 27.Killed when the checkpoint his unit was manning south of Balad, Iraq, came under fire on June 3, 2003.
- Cpl. Rudy Sala, 20. Died due to a non-hostile vehicle accident in Anbar province, Iraq, on May 20, 2004
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