Eduardo S. Silva, Army Specialist -- Rest In Peace

Eduardo S. Silva, 25

Army, Specialist
Based: Ft. Campbell, Ky.
563rd Aviation Support Battalion, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)
Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom
Died: June 9, 2009
Bagram, Afghanistan
Married
Gender: Male
Hometown: Greenfield
High School: Greenfield High (Greenfield)

Army Spc. Eduardo S. Silva, 25, loved making his family and friends laugh.
That he would die mysteriously in Afghanistan was unimaginable to his family in the Monterey County community of Greenfield. Because he was an Army cook, his family believed he would be safe.

He said his son joined the Army "because of the lies the government tells these kids."

But his cousins said Silva was enjoying his tour in Afghanistan.
"He liked Afghanistan," said Maria Silva, 25, a cousin who grew up with him. "When he was here two months ago, he was so happy. He was just going everywhere. . . . You could see the happiness he had in him."
She said her aunt urged him not to return to Afghanistan after his trip home, promising to help him and his young wife financially until he could find other work. "But he said, 'I like it over there, and I am going back.' And he went back," his cousin said.

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