| Birth: | Jun. 1, 1985
Stockton
San Joaquin County
California, USA | | Death: | May 24, 2007
Bethesda
Montgomery County
Maryland, USA | 
Cpl. Caguioa of Stockton, California was a 2003 Bear Creek High School graduate was the oldest of four siblings. His parents were immigrants from the Philippines. Joining the United States Army was his own decision and he never relented. He attended San Joaquin Delta College and worked as a sushi chef at Shomi, a north Stockton restaurant, before enlisting in 2005. He was assigned to the 2nd Brigade, First Cavalry at Fort Hood, Texas. That's where he met Megan of Florence, Texas, at a dance. They were engaged to be married. He died at the National Naval Medical Center of wounds suffered on May 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, when the vehicle he was in struck an improvised explosive device. In a rare honor requested by President Bush, Caguioa will be remembered with a headstone at Arlington National Cemetery, the final resting place of America's heroes. He was 21.
Army
1st Battalion
5th Cavalry Regiment
2nd Brigade Combat Team
1st Cavalry Division
Fort Hood, Texas
Inscription:
US ARMY
Note: IRAQ | | | Burial:
San Francisco National Cemetery
San Francisco
San Francisco County
California, USA
Plot: Sec NA Site 1260-B |
Created by: Elizabeth Reed
Record added: May 29, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 19601444 |
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