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Virginia
Juloya-Balanga born Philippines;
Army SSgt
Kelly Martin Liberato Bolor born 12/20/1965 Wailuku Maui ; died 11/15/2003 Mosul Iraq; UH-60 Black Hawk
helicopter crash; buried Maui Memorial Park; Army Sfc; 137th Quartermaster Co.; also in Persian Gulf
War; Award: Hawaii Medal of Honor, Purple Heart Medal; Bronze Star Medal, Army Service Medal, National Defense Service
Medal & Humanitarian Service Medal. Bolor Hall was named in his honor; his twin brother & another younger brother
also in the military
Jose R.
Corpus, born 1954 Quezon City Philippines Cpt Chief
of Staff Carrier Group 5 (CAR GRU 5) also known as the Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Strike Group, Navy’s only permanently
forward deployed Naval Force; Award: Bronze Star Medal 7/12/2003 “for providing
combat air support during Operation Iraqi Freedom” US Naval Academy 1977 grad; immigrated to Seattle Wash @ 13 yrs of
age w/ parents
Raul Caguin
Custodio born 7/19/1956 Mindoro Philippines;
died 3/1/2007 Kapolei; buried Hawaiian State
Veterans Cemetery; Navy CPO
Greg Phil
Gagarin born 1/4/1970 in Brgy Caterman Candon Ilocos Sur; died in Thania Iraq on 6/3/2007 KIA IED on his 3rd tour
of duty in Iraq SSgt Army Bravo Battery, 1-37 Field Artillery, 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team; buried in Candon also in Persian Gulf War. His father retired from the Air Force after 20 yrs; an older brother
also in the Army
Abraham
Tabor Gaviola born 5/5/1964 Philippines; died 9/6/2002; buried Schofield Post Cemetery;
MSgt Army 19 yrs of service; a Lebanon & Grenada veteran; civilian: head of security @ 1717 Ala Wai Blvd Condominium
Joseph Menusa born 1970 Philippines; died 3/27/2033
Iraq in an ambush; Gunnery Sgt 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine
Division, Military service: 14 yrs; resident of Tracy California Awards: US
citizenship posthumous
Edward Soriano born 1949 Alcala Pangasinan Lt. General Army’s 3-star general &
the highest-ranking Filipino-American in the U.S.
Armed Forces; Army’s Station chief for the Persian Gulf War
Military service:1970-2004; Distinguished
son of Alcala, 2004; MilitaryAwards: Army Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, Bronze Star , Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters,
Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Navy Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Expert Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab, Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification
Badge, and Army Staff Identification Badge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Soriano
Nicholas A. Suguitan born 9/9/1959;
died 1/14/2001; buried Holy Sepulchre Hayward Ca; Air Force SSgt
Edward M. Tadena born 8/25/1961; died 7/3/2003; buried St. Peter
& Paul Cemetery Ottawa, Ohio Navy HM1
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