Gabriel Guzman Tribute

Sgt. Gabriel Guzman died March 8 in Orgun, Afghanistan, of injuries suffered when his Humvee struck a roadside bomb near Gholam Haydar Kala, near the Pakistani border. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C.

When Guzman was 17 and his girld friend Amy Molloy was 16, they had a baby, Angela Haley Guzman. They knew she would be born with Down syndrome but wanted to keep her and raise her.

In addition to his daughter, mother and sister Anni, Guzman is survived by his father, Reynaldo Guzman; and another sister, Heidi Guzman.