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US Marine Seriously Injured
by Landmine In Iraq A Marine staff sergeant from San Antonio was seriously injured after he stepped on a land mine in Iraq on Friday, March 21. Eric Alva lost his lower right leg, and parts of his upper body were hit by shrapnel, family members said. Alva is being treated at a hospital in Germany and is scheduled to return to San Antonio, possibly as early as March 27, said the family. Alva has been with the U.S. Marine Corps for 12 years and is a graduate of Southwest High School. Copyright © 2003. |
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