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Peñuelans who fell in combat in defense of freedom and democracy included Pedro Díaz Velázquez, killed in Korea on December 2, 1950; Ramón Santiago Rosario, killed in Korea on February 6, 1951; Juan Santiago (Cole), killed in Korea on June 4, 1951; Marino Quirindongo Rodríguez, killed in Korea on December 16, 1951; Asbert Díaz Hernández, killed in Korea on December 19, 1951; Andrés Hernández Santiago, killed in Korea on February 16, 1952; Fernando Piña Cáliz, killed in Korea on April 17, 1953; Hernán Estrada Costas, killed in Vietnam on December 4, 1965; Leslie I. Morales Lucca, killed in Vietnam on July 2, 1966; Rodrigo Velázquez Feliciano, killed in Vietnam on March 3, 1968; Anselmo Santiago Arroyo, killed in Vietnam on July 2, 1969; and Ramón A. Acevedo Aponte, killed in Iraq on October 26, 2005.
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