American by choice. Iraq casualty. Staff Sgt. Jorge A. Molina-Bautista, of Rialto, California, died as a result of hostile action in the Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was an infantry unit leader assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. Molina-autista joined the Marine Corps February 20, 1991. His awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Marine Corps Recruiting Ribbon. He was posthumously awarded the purple heart. This was Molina-Bautista's second deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In 1994, when he was recently married and the father of one child, Jorge A. Molina joined the Marine Corps as a way to support his family. Last week, after receiving news of the Sergeant Molina's death in Iraq, his widow, Dina, pondered the fact that she will now have to raise their three children on her own.
Molina, whose family lives in Rialto, was assigned to the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.
Born in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, he came to Los Angeles with his mother when he was 5, relatives said.
His mother, Maria Molina, worked odd jobs as she raised seven children in East Los Angeles and Southeast Los Angeles. Jorge Molina, the middle child, attended Huntington Park High School, where he played football. As an adult, Molina worked at supermarkets, a car dealership and as a security guard. While guarding an office building in Santa Monica in 1990, he met his wife, who worked as part of the night cleaning crew. By the time they married in 1994, they already had their first child, Jorge Alberto Jr., now 12. With plans for a bigger family, Molina, then in his mid-20s, decided to join the Marines. "He used to say that it was a way he could offer his children a future and have himself a good future," his widow said. The couple had two other children: Jose Alberto, 7, and Carlos Alberto, 4.
Molina served three months in Iraq, beginning in February 2003, then was redeployed this February. In phone calls from Iraq, Molina, using a Spanish term of endearment that refers to animals' young, asked his wife how his cachorros were doing. The last time the children spoke to their father on the phone was the day before he was killed. Molina planned to spend 20 years in the Marines and then work for the U.S. Customs Service, his widow said. "He wanted his children to study and get a career," she said.
In 1994, when he was recently married and the father of one child, Jorge A. Molina joined the Marine Corps as a way to support his family. Last week, after receiving news of the Sergeant Molina's death in Iraq, his widow, Dina, pondered the fact that she will now have to raise their three children on her own.
Molina, whose family lives in Rialto, was assigned to the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.
Born in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, he came to Los Angeles with his mother when he was 5, relatives said.
His mother, Maria Molina, worked odd jobs as she raised seven children in East Los Angeles and Southeast Los Angeles. Jorge Molina, the middle child, attended Huntington Park High School, where he played football. As an adult, Molina worked at supermarkets, a car dealership and as a security guard. While guarding an office building in Santa Monica in 1990, he met his wife, who worked as part of the night cleaning crew. By the time they married in 1994, they already had their first child, Jorge Alberto Jr., now 12. With plans for a bigger family, Molina, then in his mid-20s, decided to join the Marines. "He used to say that it was a way he could offer his children a future and have himself a good future," his widow said. The couple had two other children: Jose Alberto, 7, and Carlos Alberto, 4.
Molina served three months in Iraq, beginning in February 2003, then was redeployed this February. In phone calls from Iraq, Molina, using a Spanish term of endearment that refers to animals' young, asked his wife how his cachorros were doing. The last time the children spoke to their father on the phone was the day before he was killed. Molina planned to spend 20 years in the Marines and then work for the U.S. Customs Service, his widow said. "He wanted his children to study and get a career," she said.
American by choice. Iraq casualty. Staff Sgt. Jorge A. Molina-Bautista, of Rialto, California, died as a result of hostile action in the Al Anbar Province, Iraq. He was an infantry unit leader assigned to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. Molina-autista joined the Marine Corps February 20, 1991. His awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Marine Corps Recruiting Ribbon. He was posthumously awarded the purple heart. This was Molina-Bautista's second deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In 1994, when he was recently married and the father of one child, Jorge A. Molina joined the Marine Corps as a way to support his family. Last week, after receiving news of the Sergeant Molina's death in Iraq, his widow, Dina, pondered the fact that she will now have to raise their three children on her own.
Molina, whose family lives in Rialto, was assigned to the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.
Born in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, he came to Los Angeles with his mother when he was 5, relatives said.
His mother, Maria Molina, worked odd jobs as she raised seven children in East Los Angeles and Southeast Los Angeles. Jorge Molina, the middle child, attended Huntington Park High School, where he played football. As an adult, Molina worked at supermarkets, a car dealership and as a security guard. While guarding an office building in Santa Monica in 1990, he met his wife, who worked as part of the night cleaning crew. By the time they married in 1994, they already had their first child, Jorge Alberto Jr., now 12. With plans for a bigger family, Molina, then in his mid-20s, decided to join the Marines. "He used to say that it was a way he could offer his children a future and have himself a good future," his widow said. The couple had two other children: Jose Alberto, 7, and Carlos Alberto, 4.
Molina served three months in Iraq, beginning in February 2003, then was redeployed this February. In phone calls from Iraq, Molina, using a Spanish term of endearment that refers to animals' young, asked his wife how his cachorros were doing. The last time the children spoke to their father on the phone was the day before he was killed. Molina planned to spend 20 years in the Marines and then work for the U.S. Customs Service, his widow said. "He wanted his children to study and get a career," she said.
In 1994, when he was recently married and the father of one child, Jorge A. Molina joined the Marine Corps as a way to support his family. Last week, after receiving news of the Sergeant Molina's death in Iraq, his widow, Dina, pondered the fact that she will now have to raise their three children on her own.
Molina, whose family lives in Rialto, was assigned to the 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.
Born in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, he came to Los Angeles with his mother when he was 5, relatives said.
His mother, Maria Molina, worked odd jobs as she raised seven children in East Los Angeles and Southeast Los Angeles. Jorge Molina, the middle child, attended Huntington Park High School, where he played football. As an adult, Molina worked at supermarkets, a car dealership and as a security guard. While guarding an office building in Santa Monica in 1990, he met his wife, who worked as part of the night cleaning crew. By the time they married in 1994, they already had their first child, Jorge Alberto Jr., now 12. With plans for a bigger family, Molina, then in his mid-20s, decided to join the Marines. "He used to say that it was a way he could offer his children a future and have himself a good future," his widow said. The couple had two other children: Jose Alberto, 7, and Carlos Alberto, 4.
Molina served three months in Iraq, beginning in February 2003, then was redeployed this February. In phone calls from Iraq, Molina, using a Spanish term of endearment that refers to animals' young, asked his wife how his cachorros were doing. The last time the children spoke to their father on the phone was the day before he was killed. Molina planned to spend 20 years in the Marines and then work for the U.S. Customs Service, his widow said. "He wanted his children to study and get a career," she said.
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