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  • Family of Fort Bragg soldier killed in Iraq plan scholarship fund

    01/03/2004 3:18:05 PM PST · by Valin · 3 replies · 165+ views
    AP ^ | 1/3/04 | LEONARDO ALDRIDGE
    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The parents of a North Carolina-based soldier killed in Iraq said Saturday that they plan to start a scholarship fund for Puerto Rican students in his name at the Texas university he attended. Army Capt. Ernesto M. Blanco, 28, was killed last Sunday when an explosive device struck the vehicle in which he was riding. His father, Jose Blanco, said by telephone from San Antonio, Texas, that he will donate a substantial sum, which he didn't specify, to Texas A&M University to set up the fund and then hopes to draw additional donations from businesses....