Based: Vilseck, Germany
3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment
Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom
Died: December 19, 2010
Kandahar province, Afghanistan
Gender: Male
Hometown: Marina
Javier died Dec. 19 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.Read the entire Monteray Herald article about Army Private First Class Conrado D. Javier Jr. here and find more at Military Times.
A full LA Times obituary will follow.
Pfc. Conrado D. Javier Jr., a 2009 graduate of Seaside High School, suffered fatal injuries in the Sunday attack in Kandahar province. He was assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment in Vilseck, Germany.
"I still can't believe it," said Javier's 29-year-old sister, Araceli, in the doorway of the family's home on Crescent Avenue, where a car in the driveway carried a black and gold Army bumper sticker.
Javier, who was one of eight children, yearned to be in the military since he was 5 years old, his sister said.
"He was real loyal and real compassionate," his sister said.
Javier's parents, Julia and Conrado, traveled to Maryland to accompany their son's body home from Dover Air Force Base, she said.
The family received word of his death Sunday and was still reeling, she said.
"We've had a rosary for him every night with close family members. We pray for him," his sister said.
Javier grew up in Seaside and longed to become an Army officer and an attorney, she said.
She said their mother told them that military service was part of the family's Mexican heritage, but she worried about Javier joining the service.
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