Article: Some of the victims

Private Francheska Velez

Velez, 21, of Chicago, was pregnant and preparing to return home. Sasha Ramos, a friend, described her as a fun-loving person who wrote poetry and loved dancing. "She was like my sister," Ramos, 21, said. "She was the most fun and happy person you could know. She never did anything wrong to anybody." Family members said Velez had recently returned from Iraq and had sought a lifelong career in the Army. "She was a very happy girl and sweet," said her father, Juan Guillermo Velez. "She had the spirit of a child."

Private First Class Aaron Thomas Nemelka

Nemelka, 19, of the Salt Lake City suburb of West Jordan, chose to join the Army instead of going on a mission for ...

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