Spc. Rosa of Orlando, Fla., was a Brooklyn, N.Y., native and an avid Mets fan who had dreams of someday going back there and becoming a police officer. Alex lived for the simple things in life, making strangers smile, ice cream, face painting with his niece, a cold Heineken and goofing off with friends. He was a Boone High School graduate and the reknowned music junkie was always wearing headphones. He even snapped a picture of his newborn daughter sporting them too when he was allowed to return for her birth in April. Alex was a man of his word, even in the strangest of situations. For example, while stationed in Korea, a friend gave him a wooden statue to take with him. She asked him to snap pictures with it when he traveled back to the States. And he did. In the rain. In New York. Out having fun with friends. Everywhere he went, he had that statue. He was a tall, muscular guy with a distinctive mix of his Irish and Puerto Rican backgrounds. He had a scar through his right eyebrow, a reminder of his clumsier years as a kid and he always wore a goofy grin. He was the same age as his own father was when his father was murdered. Alex died in Muqdadiyah, Iraq wearing a St. Valentine medallion his wife gave him with their initials inscribed on the back. He suffered wounds when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle at age 22.
Army
89th Military Police Brigade
Fort Stewart, Ga
Army
89th Military Police Brigade
Fort Stewart, Ga
Spc. Rosa of Orlando, Fla., was a Brooklyn, N.Y., native and an avid Mets fan who had dreams of someday going back there and becoming a police officer. Alex lived for the simple things in life, making strangers smile, ice cream, face painting with his niece, a cold Heineken and goofing off with friends. He was a Boone High School graduate and the reknowned music junkie was always wearing headphones. He even snapped a picture of his newborn daughter sporting them too when he was allowed to return for her birth in April. Alex was a man of his word, even in the strangest of situations. For example, while stationed in Korea, a friend gave him a wooden statue to take with him. She asked him to snap pictures with it when he traveled back to the States. And he did. In the rain. In New York. Out having fun with friends. Everywhere he went, he had that statue. He was a tall, muscular guy with a distinctive mix of his Irish and Puerto Rican backgrounds. He had a scar through his right eyebrow, a reminder of his clumsier years as a kid and he always wore a goofy grin. He was the same age as his own father was when his father was murdered. Alex died in Muqdadiyah, Iraq wearing a St. Valentine medallion his wife gave him with their initials inscribed on the back. He suffered wounds when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle at age 22.
Army
89th Military Police Brigade
Fort Stewart, Ga
Army
89th Military Police Brigade
Fort Stewart, Ga
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