Barbara Boxer: “since the war in Iraq, I have been coming to the floor to pay tribute to fallen soldiers, heroes from my State. Today, I…”

“since the war in Iraq, I have been coming to the floor to pay tribute to fallen soldiers, heroes from my State. Today, I do that. Unfortunately, there are well over a hundred gone in our State. Today, I want to pay tribute to the 10 young Americans killed since April 26. All of them are either from California or based in California. SSG Abraham D. Penamedina, age 32, died April 27 when his patrol came under sniper fire in Baghdad. He was from Los Angeles. LCpl Aaron Austin, age 21, died April 26, due to hostile fire in Al Anbar Province. He was assigned to Camp Pendleton. SGT Adam Estep, age 23, died April 21, when a rocket-propelled grenade hit his patrol in Baghdad. He was from Campbell, CA. SPC James Beckstrand, age 27, was from Escondido, CA. He died in Baghdad while part of a dismounted improvised explosive device sweep patrol when a vehicle approached his unit and the driver detonated a bomb. SPC Trevor Wine, age 22, died May 1, from injuries sustained on April 30, when his convoy vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Tikrit. He was from Orange, CA. SPC Ramon Ojeda, age 22, died May 1, when his convoy was attacked in Al Amarah. He was from Ramona, CA. PFC Lyndon Marcus, Jr., age 21, was from Long Beach, CA. He died May 3, in Balad, Iraq, when his military vehicle rolled over into a canal. SGT Marvin Sprayberry III, age 21, died May 3, in Balad, Iraq, when his military vehicle rolled over into a canal. He was from Tehachapi, CA.”