Spc. Ricardo Cerros Jr., 24, of Salinas, Calif., died Oct. 8 in Logar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The regiment has been continuously deployed to Afghanistan since the U.S. invasion in 2001. "Spec. Ricardo Cerros could have been anything he wanted in life," said Col. Mark Odom, the regimental commander. "Yet he decided to become a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment and do our nation's bidding. We were blessed to have him in our ranks." Cerros is survived by his father Ricardo Cerros Sr. and stepmother Deborah A. Cerros, and his mother Maqueirte D. Cuevas, a brother, Nicholas Cerros; a sister, Theresa Cerros, and a stepbrother, Marko Cerros.
Spc. Ricardo Cerros Jr., 24, of Salinas, Calif., died Oct. 8 in Logar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small arms fire. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The regiment has been continuously deployed to Afghanistan since the U.S. invasion in 2001. "Spec. Ricardo Cerros could have been anything he wanted in life," said Col. Mark Odom, the regimental commander. "Yet he decided to become a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment and do our nation's bidding. We were blessed to have him in our ranks." Cerros is survived by his father Ricardo Cerros Sr. and stepmother Deborah A. Cerros, and his mother Maqueirte D. Cuevas, a brother, Nicholas Cerros; a sister, Theresa Cerros, and a stepbrother, Marko Cerros.
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