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Roberto C. Baez

    
Thursday, October 06 2005 @ 08:17 AM MDT
Contributed by: tomw
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Individuals USGainesville.com -- A soldier from Tampa who was killed in Iraq was a caring man who planned to attend college and become a psychologist, his mother told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Pfc. Roberto C. Baez, 19, and two fellow paratroopers were killed Monday when a bomb exploded near the vehicle they were riding in, the U.S. Department of Defense said Wednesday. Also killed were Spc. Jacob T. Vanderbosch, 21, of Vadnais Heights, Minn. and Sgt. Bryan W. Large, 31, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

The soldiers were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.

"He was very caring about not just us but everybody," his mother Jeannette Baez said Wednesday. "He was a good son, a good brother, a good friend."

The soldiers were killed in one of three Euphrates River towns in western Iraq that U.S. troops began trying to retake from al-Qaida insurgents this week.

Late Monday and early Tuesday, some 2,500 U.S. troops along with Iraqi forces launched Operation River Gate with a powerful air assault on Haditha, Haqlaniyah and Parwana, about 140 miles northwest of Baghdad.

"The three paratroopers, tragically killed during combat operations in Iraq, served honorably and faithfully prior to this cowardly act by insurgents," Col. Bryan Owens, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment commander, said in a statement. "They were proud of what they were doing and rendered the ultimate sacrifice for our nation."

Baez, an infantryman, joined the 82nd in February 2005 and was assigned to the 504th. He graduated from Alonso High School in 2004, his mother said.

She last saw her son in August was he was home for a break. Surrounded by friends and family, she is planning her son's funeral, which will be some time next week.

Besides his mother, he is survived by his father, Carlos Baez, and brother, Juan Carlos.

Large was first assigned to 307th Forward Medical Co. of the 82nd in September 2002. He was assigned to the 504th in January 2004.

Vanderbosch, an infantryman, was assigned to the 504th in May 2004.
 
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Roberto C. Baez
Authored by: anonymous on Tuesday, October 11 2005 @ 01:21 AM MDT
Roberto,
I would like to say thank you to you and the other 2 soldiers who died in your unit(3/504th Inf.) for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your family, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

"Airborne All The Way!"
Roberto C. Baez
Authored by: anonymous on Thursday, October 13 2005 @ 09:38 PM MDT
Bro, when I found out what happened it got me bad. I remembered all those times in Airborne school hanging out in our room together. Or all those times hanging here at Bragg. You were a great friend...we'll miss you so much. Keep your feet and knees together Airborne.
PFC Alex Busch
Roberto C. Baez
Authored by: anonymous on Tuesday, October 25 2005 @ 07:01 AM MDT
I love you man. You are one of the reasons I joined the Infantry. You had so much impact on so many lives here at home, I just hope you know all the good you have done and all the people who are grateful. Rest in Peace Robert.

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