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Juan restrepo

Restrepo was killed in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan, of neck wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using small-arms fire. Restrepo was born in Neiva, Huila , Colombia. He rarely saw his father Gerardo Restrepo Ramirez, a pediatric neurologist, after his parents separated when he was 2. He had an older brother named Ivan, and a younger brother, Pablo.

Juan was very active in sports, boxing, playing soccer and skateboarding. He attended Charles W. Flanagan High School , graduating in He planned to be a doctor, like his father and grandfather. Unable to afford to go to college, Restrepo returned to Colombia, where he studied classical violin at the Luis A. He returned to Colombia for the birth of his daughter, Ariana.

He went to Italy and Germany, where he did specialized medical training, before being deployed to the Korengal Valley in May