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Remember Marine Lance Corporal José Gutierrez, among the first killed in battle in Iraq. An orphan who fled Guatemala for the US, he was at one time undocumented. He was granted US citizenship posthumously. #MemorialDay 
Following the death of their parents, “Jose eventually made the 2,000-mile trek from Guatemala to Los Angeles, promising the sister he left behind that he would become an architect and design great buildings.” #MemorialDay latimes.com/local/californ…
“By mid‐2009, more than 119 immigrant military members had earned their citizenship posthumously after dying in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.” More from @AmericasVoice: americasvoice.org/research/fact_… #MemorialDay
