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Staff Sgt. Jorge A. MolinaBautista
Staff Sgt. Jorge A. MolinaBautista 37, of
Rialto, Calif.; assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.;
killed by hostile action May 23 in Anbar province, Iraq.
Jorge A. Molinabautista wanted to become a Marine since his childhood. "He believed in what he was doing," said his sister, Connie Molina. "He was so proud. He's a hero." Staff Sgt. Molinabautista, 37, of Rialto, Calif., spent 13 years in the Marine Corps and had trained as a drill sergeant at Camp Pendleton, where he was based. He was killed May 23 by hostile fire in the Anbar province of Iraq. He had asked the Marines to change his last name from Molina to Molinabautista to honor his mother, Maria Bautista, and the military accommodated his request. Molinabautista is survived by his wife, Dina, and three sons. |
Marine Saluting Courtesy Sgt Michal S. Williams
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