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08-14-2008, 03:50 PM
New York Governor David Paterson has ordered all flags raised half-mast in honor of Jose Ulloa, a Dominican soldier killed in Iraq last week. Ulloa was part of Company 515, based in Manheim, Germany. Gov. Paterson offered condolences to the Ulloa family telling the family that the sacrifice he made for the country would never be forgotten. The 23-year old Ulloa was killed when a roadside bomb exploded near the Sadr City Market, in Baghdad. Ulloa was born in Jima Arriba, La Vega. He migrated to New York when he was two. His sister Marisol recalls that her brother was a happy person who made people laugh. Ulloa's remains will be flown to the Dominican Republic for burial. The Iraq conflict has particular meaning for Dominicans in the US and at home, now that seven Dominicans are among the thousands of casualties. Harold Puello Coronado, of Dominican descent, was the first Dominican soldier to die in Iraq. Then came Riayan Tejada's death in 2003. Tejada was awarded posthumous US citizenship upon his death. Army Cpl. Sergio Antonio Mercedes Saez, 23, was manning the gun atop a Humvee on patrol south of Baghdad in 2006 when the vehicle overturned and he was killed. Army Cpl. Junior Cedeno Sanchez was killed in Iraq in 2007 followed by Army Sergeant Joan Duran, who had been on his second tour of duty in Iraq. Soldier Alex Jimenez had been the most recent tragedy. Iraqi insurgents caught Jimenez's convoy. His body was recently recovered after one year missing.
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