Sergio H.-Escobar-Obituary

Lance Cpl. Sergio H. Escobar

Pasadena, California

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Marine Lance Cpl. Sergio Escobar had a rough time in high school, running with a tough crowd and dropping out before finishing at a continuation school. But after he joined the Marines, things changed, his stepfather said Tuesday, days after learning Escobar, 18, was killed by an explosive device set by enemy forces in Ramadi, Iraq. In the year after Escobar joined the service, he apologized to his family for his teenage rebellion and began to spend more time with his 7-year-old sister and 3-year-old brother. "He changed a lot. When he graduated from boot camp, he was totally different. He was real nice, the way he would talk to me with a lot respect," Ricardo Ortiz of Pasadena said. Escobar was killed in the explosion Oct. 9, roughly two months after he arrived in Iraq. He was assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division from Twentynine Palms. As part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force. A native of Vera Cruz, Mexico, Escobar came to the United States with his mother, Patricia, when he was 3. He returned to Mexico to live with his grandmother after his mother and Ortiz married, eventually returning to live with them in Pasadena. Shortly before he left for Iraq, he married his girlfriend Sophia Conchas. Ortiz said the family was hoping to honor Escobar's love of classic cars by getting friends to drive them during his funeral. "He used to tell me if I ever die, I want you to take me in one of those classic cars, like a Chevy Impala," Ortiz said. Ortiz said he and his wife didn't want their son to join the military. "I said 'why don't you go to college?'" he recalled, but he added that Escobar, who had participated in the ROTC in high school, had his heart set on the service. "He was tough. He wanted to show he was tough. He was a leader," Ortiz said.

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My condolences to the family of Sergio H. Escobar, sorry for your loss
Micah 4:3,4

Always remembering Sergio. An inspiration to many young man.

October 9, 2011
To the family and friends of Lance Cpl. Sergio H. Escobar:
Please accept my remembrance of Sergio on the anniversary of his passing and know that he will never be forgotten.

Prayer for Peace

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we...

October 9 2010
Remembering the life and service of this young American who served his country with pride.

To the family and friends of Lance Cpl. Sergio H. Escobar:
Remembering Sergio on the anniversary of his passing. May our fallen heroes never be forgotten!
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org

I Know I didn't know but thanks for fighting for your country. Even if I'm a girl I still want to join the army.

in honor to sergio h. i might of not new you or seen you before but i give thanks to you for all the hard work you did for your country and i have many respect for you. i am 14 years old and i might not understand all of this but a great man died trying to serve his country and that i appreciate. you made your family and your country proud. you are one my heros

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