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Rocky Herrera
Died: 2007-08-27
Afghanistan
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Sgt. Herrera's personal effects and family photographs. U.S. Army Sgt. Rocky Herrera was killed Aug. 28 in Jaji, Afghanistan by a roadside suicide bomb. The Salt Lake City native was 43. While his unit was building a bridge, Herrera was killed when the soldiers were approached by a vehicle that later detonated. Two other U.S. soldiers died and six others were injured, relatives said. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune)
 
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