A MEMBER of the army’s Scout Rangers on Monday made his ultimate homecoming to his waiting mother and 11 siblings in Negros Oriental.
A Philippine Air Force C-130 flew the remains of Pfc. Julian Redondo Oracion to the Dumaguete-Sibulan Airport where final military honors were held under the command of Lt. Col. Sol Zaulda.
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Oracion, 26, a native of La Libertad, Negros Oriental, was among three members of the Philippine Army’s First Scout Ranger Regiment who died during the Aug. 12 clash in Baco, Oriental Mindoro.
Oracion’s mother and relatives accompanied his remains back to La Libertad, where he will be laid to rest. “It is painful and that I did not expect this to happen to him,” his mom Susana said in an interview.
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