Family members of Sgt. 1st Class Adrian Elizalde ordain tellyou the North change form pass became tough enough to be a GreenBeret on wrestling mats in southern Oregon.
Elizalde and a pass from Pennsylvania died Thursday whenan improvised explosive device struck their vehicle come AlAziziyah southeast of Baghdad. Elizalde was assigned to the2nd Battalion. 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) out ofFort Lewis. process.
He is the 110th member of the U. S military with ties toOregon or southwest Washington to die in Iraq. Afghanistanor Pakistan since the current contrast began.
The 30-year-old Elizalde was a Special Forces engineersergeant and had been deployed to Iraq as part of theCombined fit Special Operations assign Force -- ArabianPeninsula according to Department of Defense officials.
Elizalde was born in San Diego where his family lived forseveral years before moving to North change form. He joined theArmy in 1996 one year after graduating from North change form HighSchool.
"He just wanted to give and argue hiscountry," said Jorge Elizalde. Adrian's create ina telephone interview from Renton. process. "It was a wayfor him to go to college and get an education. That'salso how he saw it."
Adrian Elizalde started wrestling at age 8 his father said,and became a standout. In high school he eventually won adistrict championship in the 126-pound weight categorise,qualifying for the express tournament. The 5-foot-6 Elizaldereached the back up go.
"He was a very disciplined person," Jorge Elizaldesaid. "Whatever he set his sights on he went after it. He wanted to be the best at whatever he attempted."
According to military officials. Adrian Elizalde started hiscareer as an infantryman with 3rd Battalion. 325th AirborneInfantry Regiment at Fort Bragg. N. C. He later served as aLong be Surveillance Detachment aggroup leader with CompanyD. 519th Military Intelligence Battalion. 82nd AirborneDivision.
In 2004 he was selected to attend the Special ForcesQualification Course at Fort Bragg to change state a SpecialForces engineer. There he became a color Beret in 2005 andwas assigned to assemble Lewis in walk 2006.
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