Sgt. Frank Sandoval Buried in Arizona
Even after being seriously injured in a roadside bomb in Iraq, Sgt. Frank Michael Sandoval often said that he hoped to return to Iraq to help his fellow soldiers. Ricky Sandoval, Frank's father, said that Frank "always wanted to get better and go back. I think that says so much about his courage." Sandoval passed away last week when he failed to awaken from brain surgery at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs hospital.
Sandoval helped bring traumatic brain injury to the public eye. He allowed a Mercury news reporter and photographer follow his recovery. The series got an overwhelmingly positive response from readers. Sandoval was buried on Thursday. He suffered his brain injury in Northern Iraq on November 28, 2005.
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