U.S. Army

Brian J. Pedro

March 4, 1983 to October 2, 2010

Brian J. Pedro was born in Rosamond, California. He attended Twenty-Nine Palms High School and graduated from El Camino High School in Oceanside in 2002. Inspired by his grandfather and stepfather, Pedro enlisted in the Army in 2006. He served with the 2nd Engineer Battalion at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Pedro was killed on October 2, 2010, when his unit came under small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire in Pul-i-Khumri, Afghanistan.

Unit

2nd Engineer Battalion

Burial

Eternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, California

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