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Military officials told the family that Sgt. Christopher Ramirez of the 3rd Infantry Division based in Fort Stewart, Ga., died in an ambush. “He did not want to be over there,” said Cynthia Ramirez, Ramirez’s sister-in-law. “He only wanted to be there for his troops, to lead his platoon. He couldn’t let his comrades down.” One of a family of 11 children, Ramirez loved to come home to see all his nieces and nephews. “He loved spending time with his family, loved being with his brothers and nephews and nieces,” Cynthia Ramirez said. “He loved baseball games. When he was home, almost every day we had to do some thing with him." After graduating from Pharr High School, Ramirez immedi ately joined the military. He had more than 12 years of military experience and had served in Kosovo and Desert Storm, according to KRGV-TV. He was looking forward to ending his military career and joining the U.S. Border Patrol. He had been sav ing for a plot of land and planned to build his own house. His term with the Army was up in January, but the Department of Defense extended his tour. On Christmas Day during his last leave he was told there was an emergency and he had to return. “Christmas Day, when he had to go back, he was just quiet. It wasn’t like him. It was silence, it was nothing,” Cynthia Ramirez said. E B/ Junior finance major Jenka Van Winkle climbs up a 30-foot telephone pole during her venture dynamics class Wednesday afternoon. Students hod to climb the NEWS IN BRIEF -NEW rounds ol toiy Che di niiuitiv Toby Lin as she ru she's exp I Just tl heard her first time a renzy porary-hi |Devils ; jigle ii debut C'E I “I'm li land it ' Ightman land ol ■omote ' lirs out wiat I tl moment, ilaybe I ' I Then lew w ee I ot the ph MTV's • b ckgrou 1 “It's n was just SHARON AESCHBACH'THErJ" 01 ! t0 , i tricky I telephone pole, stand on the top without holdiJ met bin anything and jump forward to try to catdi a JIS her hanging six feet away. 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