Pfc. Botello of Alta, Iowa was the son of Karyn Brophy of Alta and Tony Botello of Mich and lived most of the time with his mother in Iowa where he was a 2005 graduate of Alta High School where he had participated in football, wrestling and track. He had joined the Army in July 2005, serving as a cavalry scout, and had been in Iraq since October. He was the kid who rode his skateboard into church as a teenager, and he relished loudly driving his car up and down Main Street with his buddies in this northwest Iowa farming community. He was the guy who always lit up the room by his presence, laughing and joking and kidding. He was 19.
Army
3rd Squadron,
61st Cavalry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team,
2nd Infantry Division,
Fort Carson, Colo.
Army
3rd Squadron,
61st Cavalry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team,
2nd Infantry Division,
Fort Carson, Colo.
Pfc. Botello of Alta, Iowa was the son of Karyn Brophy of Alta and Tony Botello of Mich and lived most of the time with his mother in Iowa where he was a 2005 graduate of Alta High School where he had participated in football, wrestling and track. He had joined the Army in July 2005, serving as a cavalry scout, and had been in Iraq since October. He was the kid who rode his skateboard into church as a teenager, and he relished loudly driving his car up and down Main Street with his buddies in this northwest Iowa farming community. He was the guy who always lit up the room by his presence, laughing and joking and kidding. He was 19.
Army
3rd Squadron,
61st Cavalry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team,
2nd Infantry Division,
Fort Carson, Colo.
Army
3rd Squadron,
61st Cavalry Regiment,
2nd Brigade Combat Team,
2nd Infantry Division,
Fort Carson, Colo.
Inscription
I came. I saw. I conquered.
