Name: Army Spc. Lauro G. DeLeon Jr. Age: 20 From: Floresville, Texas Assigned to the 644th Transportation Company, Army Reserve, Beaumont, Texas Incident: Army Spc. Lauro G. DeLeon Jr. was killed Sept. 8 when improvised explosive devices detonated near his convoy in Balad, Iraq. Died:
September
08, 2004 San Antonio-area soldier killed in Iraq
Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO A San Antonio-area soldier was killed this week when his vehicle drove over a makeshift bomb in Iraq, according to his family.
Cpl. Lauro DeLeon III, 20, of Floresville died Wednesday, about two months after paying a surprise two-week visit to his family.
It brings a lot of comfort that the Lord allowed us to have those two weeks, his mother, Grace Lopez, told the San Antonio Express-News for a Friday story.
While back in Texas, DeLeon went to the movies and out to eat with his family, and fished in Corpus Christi with friends.
Lopez says he talked to her about his religious faith and how the memory of her words had comforted him while he...
Prayers & Condolences For: Lauro G DeLeon Jr BY Anonymous on Aug 09, 2012
Lauro was a great friend and a model soldier. He died for something he believed in and that was fighting for this country. We miss you and may God continue to be with your family. I will see you again someday my friend.SFC Jerry House
Prayers & Condolences For: Lauro G DeLeon Jr BY Anonymous on Jan 09, 2012
I think of my friend Deleon probably every time I think of being in Iraq, which is as you can imagine every single day. I will see him again in Heaven. I miss you Deleon.SSG Lynn Bierhalter
Prayers & Condolences For: Lauro G DeLeon Jr BY Anonymous on Jun 04, 2010
love you ,we miss you but we understand you had to do what was in your heart. love mom
Prayers & Condolences For: Lauro G DeLeon Jr BY John on Apr 09, 2008
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.