Based: Ft. Hood, Texas
A Company, 4th Forward Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: January 31, 2004
Kirkuk (25 mi. southwest of), Iraq
Married, 1 child
Gender: Male
Hometown: San Clemente
High School: San Clemente High (San Clemente)
Foreign Country of Birth: Mexico
Burial: Riverside National Cemetery
The family of Army Sgt. Eliu A. Mier remembers him as a young man devoted to his family, especially his wife and son.Please read the whole article about Army Sergeant Eliu A. Mier here and visit his guest book here.
"As soon as I touch American soil, I want to see all my family," the 27-year-old soldier recently told his sister, Ruth Vallejo, as they talked about his return home from Iraq within a few weeks.
But Mier was killed Jan. 31 when an improvised explosive device hit his convoy in the northern city of Kirkuk. A mechanic assigned to Company A, 4th Forward Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Hood, Texas, he was deployed to Iraq in April.
Two other soldiers -- Cpl. Juan C. Cabralbanuelos, 25, of Emporia, Kan.; and Pfc. Holly J. McGeogh, 19, of Taylor, Mich. -- also were killed in the attack.
Mier, who was born in Durango, Mexico, moved with his parents, Pascual and Esthela Mier, to San Clemente when he was 3, his sister said.
He was a quiet young man who played soccer and basketball, and the saxophone in San Clemente High School's marching band. His family said he took seriously his role as the older brother of two sisters -- Vallejo and Betsy Ebarra, now 22 and 26, respectively.
… to fulfill a wish he expressed to his wife, his family said he will be buried at Riverside National Cemetery. Mier also is survived by his paternal grandparents, Jesus and Maria Teresa Mier of Guadalajara, and maternal grandfather, Julio Sandoval, who lives in the Mexican state of Michoacan.
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