NewsWhore
03-25-2008, 04:30 PM
Although thousands of miles away, in a country most will never see, realities of the Iraq conflict are hitting home this week as the total of US casualties reached the 4,000 mark. The Iraq conflict, which has now lasted longer than World War II, has particular meaning for Dominicans in the US and at home, as six Dominicans are among the thousands of casualties. Harold Puello Coronado, of Dominican descent, was the first Dominican soldier to fall in Iraq. This was followed by 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 2006when 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 was the most recent tragedy. Jimenez's convoy was caught by Iraqi insurgents, along with two members of his battalion. His body was never recovered.
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