Freedom Remembered

Born: September 11, 1978 in Zacatecas, Mexico
Died: January 31, 2004 in Iraq

Cpl. Juan C. Cabral Banuelos of Emporia, Kansas spent most of his childhood in Riverdale, Utah, moving to Emporia with his family as a teenager where he graduated from high school. He attended Ogden High School before moving with his mother during his junior year, after his parents had divorced. He was a popular student who had plans of enlisting in the Army after graduation. Shortly after joining the Army, Cabral returned to Utah and reunited with Anita, a girlfriend when he lived there. He married Anita and adopted her son, and in August of 2002 the couple had another son. He became an Army mechanic and was stationed in Fort Hood, Texas before being sent to Iraq. He loved to tinker, especially on his 1963 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport. That love of cars helped make him a light-truck mechanic in the military. Juan was posthumously awarded a Bronze Star, a second Purple Heart and a promotion to sergeant at a burial ceremony at Washington Heights Memorial Park in South Ogden. A Mexican national, he was also set to become a U.S. citizen in April of 2004. He leaves behind his wife, Anita, and two young sons. He was killed at age 25 when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Kirkuk, Iraq.
Army
Company A
4th Forward Support Battalion
4th Infantry Division (Mech)
Fort Hood, Texas

Burial is at Washington Heights Memorial Park in Ogden, Utah

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