Son of Storm Lake woman killed in Iraq
Posted: Saturday, January 29, 2005
STORM LAKE, Iowa (AP) -- The soldier son of a Storm Lake woman has been killed in Iraq, family members reported.
Army Sgt. Javier Marin Jr., 29, of Mission, Texas, was reportedly among the five 1st Infantry Division soldiers who died Monday when their Bradley fighting vehicle rolled into a canal northeast of Baghdad during a sandstorm.
Marin has not yet been officially listed as killed by the Defense Department.
Marin's sister, Evalina, said in Storm Lake that her mother was crushed by the news of Javier's death, delivered Thursday at the turkey-packing plant in Storm Lake where she now lives.
The family last heard from Marin the day he died, when he e-mailed to thank them for the cards they sent for his birthday on Jan. 21.
"He loved to joke around. He said, 'Thank you for my cards, but I'm waiting for the money,"' Evalina said. "He told my mom he was going to come home soon. He was yearning to have fun. He was just young -- 29 and not married."
Marin's last words to his mother were "I love you, I love you, I love you."
Army Sgt. Javier Marin Jr., 29, of Mission, Texas, was reportedly among the five 1st Infantry Division soldiers who died Monday when their Bradley fighting vehicle rolled into a canal northeast of Baghdad during a sandstorm.
Marin has not yet been officially listed as killed by the Defense Department.
Marin's sister, Evalina, said in Storm Lake that her mother was crushed by the news of Javier's death, delivered Thursday at the turkey-packing plant in Storm Lake where she now lives.
The family last heard from Marin the day he died, when he e-mailed to thank them for the cards they sent for his birthday on Jan. 21.
"He loved to joke around. He said, 'Thank you for my cards, but I'm waiting for the money,"' Evalina said. "He told my mom he was going to come home soon. He was yearning to have fun. He was just young -- 29 and not married."
Marin's last words to his mother were "I love you, I love you, I love you."
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