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Gary soldier killed in Afghanistan

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By ABC7
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
October 10, 2011

Army Ranger Ricardo Cerros Jr. died in a firefight Saturday in Afghanistan's Logar province. He lived in Gary until he was 5 years old but spent most of his life living in Salinas, California. His mother, Marguerite Cuevas, still lives in Gary.

It was Cerros' first deployment to Afghanistan.

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