Ernesto Manuel Blanco Caldas
Army Capt. Ernesto Manuel
Blanco Caldas of Hartford, CT. and resided in San Antonio Texas, Unit: 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry
Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC on December 28, 2003 Died when
an improvised explosive devise struck his vehicle. Capt. Blanco also earned a
Bronze Star for his valiant service in Afghanistan last year.
Ernesto Manuel Blanco Caldas
Rest In Peace
Ernesto M. Blanco first picked up a guitar when he was 8 months old and still loved to play, so his family wasn’t surprised when a friend saw television footage of him strumming in Iraq on Christmas Day.
“When he would play, everyone would just stop,” sister Carmen Blanco-Pendergraff said. “I’m glad to know he got to play in his last days.”
Blanco, 28, of San Antonio, was killed Dec. 28 when an explosive struck his vehicle in Qaryat Ash Shababi, Iraq.
Blanco, who was based at Fort Bragg, N.C., won a Bronze Star and his Combat Infantryman Badge while previously deployed to Afghanistan.
“You could not ask for a better leader,” said Sgt. 1st Class Naamon J. Grimmett, who served with Blanco in Iraq. His sister said he had a strong faith in God and did mission work in Mexico. “He would walk into a room and light it up. He was the glue that held everyone together,” she said. He was engaged to Michelle Sorrell and had planned a June wedding.
— Associated Press
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"From Puerto Rico with love to the
Blanco Family and Ernesto's Legacy.
There are 3.7 million Puerto Ricans that are proud of you and what you have
done for our country. To "El Capitan" , Gloria, family, and fiancée have our
respects. Gracias!!!!
In this little island we will not forget you also."
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Captain Blanco loved to have a good time. He
loved music and played the
guitar at Chapel Service. He was loved by all who knew him and
respected by those who knew him well.
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