[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14924]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        PAYING TRIBUTE TO LANCE CORPORAL MANUEL ADRIAN CENICEROS

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                          HON. HILDA L. SOLIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, July 8, 2004

  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Lance Corporal 
Manuel ``Manny'' Adrian Ceniceros, United States Marine Corps, a member 
of the Regimental Combat Team 1 Headquarters Company, 1st Marine 
Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
  Manuel Adrian Ceniceros was born on November 15, 1980. He was a good 
son to his mother Angela De La Cruz and a loving husband to his wife 
Elizabeth. He enjoyed life and lived it to the fullest. His hobbies 
included drawing and playing the trumpet. Manuel and Elizabeth dreamed 
of starting a family some day. They lived in East Los Angeles, just a 
few blocks from my office, before he was deployed.
  Manuel epitomized what every man should be--a good son and loving 
husband, a caring friend and considerate neighbor, a good-hearted young 
man who enjoyed life and strived to ensure that others did as well.
  For love of our country, and to protect its freedoms, Lance Corporal 
Manuel Adrian Ceniceros volunteered to participate in a convoy mission, 
not knowing that it would be his last unselfish act of honor and 
courage. On June 26, 2004, he was killed in an explosion in the Iraqi 
Province of Al Anbar. Manny was laid to rest on July 6 in Santa Ana, 
the city of his birth. He is survived by his wife Elizabeth and mother 
Angela de La Cruz.

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