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Name: Army Staff Sgt. Jorge M. Oliveira
Age: 33
From: Newark, NJ
Assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, 50th Brigade Combat Team, Riverdale, N.J.
Incident: Army Staff Sgt. Jorge M. Oliveira died Oct. 19 in Paktika province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
N.J. guardsman killed in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
NEWARK &mdash An Army National Guardsman from Newark, N.J., has been killed in Afghanistan.
The Guard says 33-year-old Staff Sgt. Jorge Miguel Oliveira was killed Wednesday when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.
Oliveira was assigned to the Security Forces Platoon of the 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment. The Riverdale-based unit deployed to Afghanistan in June and was assigned to a provincial reconstruction team.
Oliveira joined the National Guard in 2003. He had served three years on Army active duty starting in 1997.
He is survived by his mother and father and a brother and sister.
Funeral held for NJ soldier killed in Afghanistan
The Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. - It was standing room only at Newark's Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart on Friday as hundreds of police and soldiers showed up for the funeral of a New Jersey National Guardsman killed in Afghanistan.
Staff Sgt. Jorge Oliveira, who was also an Essex County Sheriff's detective, was killed by an improvised explosive device.
The 33-year-old native of Portugal and Newark resident joined the National Guard in 2003.
Oliveira was assigned to the Security Forces Platoon of the 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment. The unit deployed in June.
At the Mass, Gov. Chris Christie called the fallen solider "an American patriot committed to the great virtues and principles of our country."
Christie first met with Oliveira's family last week at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware when his body was flown there.
Died: October 19, 2011
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Prayers & Condolences For:
Jorge M. Oliveira
BY Anonymous on Jan 10, 2012 | |  | Cant believe its been almost 3 months. Your always in my thoughts. Love you always, forget you NEVER!
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Prayers & Condolences For:
Jorge M. Oliveira
BY Anonymous on Oct 25, 2011 | | | | rest in peace. This is a message from a friend in Montreal, Canada. Only the good ones die young.
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Prayers & Condolences For:
Jorge M. Oliveira
BY Anonymous on Oct 24, 2011 | | | | you are so well loved respected. rest in peace
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Prayers & Condolences For:
Jorge M. Oliveira
BY Anonymous on Oct 23, 2011 | | | | THANK YOU for your sacrifice and courage! You will never be forgotten. America has lost another true HERO.
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