Jose L. Mora Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information

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Bell Gardens, California

Spc. Jose Mora knew he''d have to go back to high school, lose weight and get in shape if he wanted to join the Army. Soon after his brother was killed in an auto accident, he made good on his promises. "He knew he had to make something of himself, please his parents and provide for his wife and family," said Lt. Col. John Powledge of the Fort Carson soldier from Bell Gardens, Calif. The 26-year-old father of three was killed Oct. 23 in a mortar attack in Samarra, 70 miles north of Baghdad. Mora, who worked his way up from a rifleman to a Bradley fighting vehicle driver to a Bradley gunner, had what it took to be an Army leader, said his first sergeant, Glenn Robinson. "Toward the end of every month he always had two questions for me," Robinson said. "He''d ask me how I was doing, then with a smile on his face, he''d ask me when he was getting promoted." Mora''s younger sister, Yesenia, remembered her brother as extremely protective: "He and my other brother would interrogate my dates," she said. Survivors include his wife, Biana, and three children: Malory, 6, Damion, 4, and 9-month-old Briana.

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We would like to express our deepest condolences and also let the Mora Family and friends know that we will be sending Care Packages to deployed troops this week and we'll be dedicating several of these to your loved one. Each package will carry the name, photo and the hometown of Jose L. Mora US Army Specialist. We realize that this is a small tribute, but we do this with all respect and sincerity and we want you to know that it is made possible by thousands of like-minded...

Charlie Gili

July 08, 2017 | Brooklyn, NY | Neighbor

To the family of SPC. Mora,
My name is MSG Cadar B Helms, USAF (Ret.). I have felt the necessity to reach out to you since Oct, 2003 when I had the honorable privilege to be a part of the first step in returning SPC Mora to his family. I was an Air Force aviator flying C-130's and we flew into Ballad AB, Iraq with a mission to transport 2 soldiers who had been KIA'd. Your son, brother, father was one of those two soldiers. Neither of those two brave and heroic soldiers will ever leave my...

Cadar Helms

September 20, 2014 | Ft. Davis, TX

Hi Biana,

I always remember the day when we all where tearing when we lost our hero Jose. It was the most difficult time when there is no answer in your heart how it can happen? contact me at [email protected] I am Isabel Gabriela's mom. I am still in Colorado, I moved at Denver.

Isabel Aguilar

January 09, 2012 | Lakewood, CO

To the family and friends of Spc. Jose L. Mora:
Please accept my remembrance of Jose on the anniversary of his passing and know that he will never be forgotten.

Peggy Childers

October 24, 2011 | Carson City, NV

Romero

February 26, 2011 | CA

To the family and friends of Spc. Jose L. Mora:
Remembering Jose on the anniversary of his passing. May our fallen heroes never be forgotten!
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org

Peggy Childers

October 24, 2010 | Carson City, NV

”Honor and Remember” - “Project Compassion” We love our Soldiers! We love our country and we cannot express enough love and compassion to the families of our fallen heroes. War does not discriminate – It breaks our hearts to see the faces of the fallen. We want to give this gift to the hero’s Mother, Father and/or spouse. We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization! Over 1,850 portraits have been completed and shipped to the parents and or spouse - at no cost as this is a gift from one...

Kenna Larra

December 29, 2009 | Manti, UT

Holding you all in my thoughts and prayers.

The Wind on The Downs

“I like to think of you as brown and tall,
As strong and living as you used to be,
In khaki tunic, Sam Brown belt and all,
And standing there and laughing down at me.
Because they tell me, dear, that you are dead,
Because I can no longer see your face,
You have not died, it is not true, instead
You seek adventure in some other place.
That you are round about me, I believe;
I hear you...

October 24, 2008

To the family of Spc. Jose L. Mora:
Jose gave the ultimate sacrifice and will be held in the hearts of Americans forever. I cannot and will not let our fallen heroes be forgotten. My deepest sympathy to you. "Some gave all."
Peggy Childers
"Don't Let The Memory Of Them Drift Away"
www.IraqWarHeroes.org

Peggy Childers

October 18, 2008 | Carson City, NV

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