SPF "TJ" Rafael A. Carrillo Jr - Boys Ranch, TX
Posted by: The Snowdog
N 35° 31.815 W 102° 15.705
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This monument to SPF "TJ" Rafael A. Carrillo Jr, a veteran who gave his life during Operation Iraqi Freedom and is remembered at Boys Ranch Cemetery in Boys Ranch, Texas.
Waymark Code: WM13EM8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/24/2020
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SPF "TF" Rafeal A. Carrillo, an alumnus of Boys Ranch, was killed in Baghdad, Iraq, when an enemy mortar detonated near his HMMWV. At that time he was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia. Died on June 28, 2005. This memorial in his honor was unveiled and dedicated in June 2017. The memorial consists of a bronze sculpture of SPF Carrillo and a young boy, and provides a quote from Carrillo.
An article about this memorial is linked below, and an online memorial to SPF Carrillo can be found
here.