Army Pfc. JR Salvacion

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Army Pfc. JR Salvacion, 27, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii

Pfc Salvacion was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.; died Feb. 21, 2010 at Senjaray, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. Ewa Beach soldier killed by explosive

By William Cole
Honolulu Advertiser

An Ewa Beach man and father of a young child was killed in Senjaray, Afghanistan, on Sunday when his Army unit was attacked with an improvised explosive device.

Pfc. JR Salvacion, 27, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, out of Fort Carson, Colo., the Pentagon said yesterday.

Salvacion entered the Army just over a year ago and deployed to Afghanistan as an infantryman in August, according to Fort Carson.

“R.I.P. Salvacion, J.R., I miss you brother, and I hope you are doing good in heaven,” said a fellow soldier in a Web site memorial. “Send your angels to your 9-month baby and take care of your wife while in heaven.”

Salvacion’s American flag-draped casket arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Monday for return to his family.

His awards include the National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon and NATO medal.

Senjaray, where Salvacion was killed, is a Taliban stronghold west of Kandahar.

Army Pfc. JR Salvacion was killed in action on 2/21/10.