Nobody knows about me or about our love...

The following note, originally in Spanish, was left on the profile of Sgt. 1st Class David Nunez, 27, of Los Angeles, who died May 29, 2008, in Shewan, Afghanistan. Translation by Times staff writer Robert Lopez.

Posted by Gloria:

You were a womanizer, lier, and drinker. But this does not take away your good qualities. You were human, and like all humans you made errors. Nobody knows about me or about our love, and they never will know in reality what happened with us. It made me sad to see you buried and your death in this way. But my comfort is my memories of you and the time we lived together. We were very happy in that time. What I do know is that your only and true love was your work. You died doing what you wanted most in life. In reality I never understood what it was that you did but just hearing you talk about it was enough to know that you enjoyed it.

Now you can rest, you did your part in this battle.

You will always live in my heart.

Original Spanish version after the jump.

Fuiste mujerigo, mentiroso, y tomador. Pero eso no te quita todas tus buenas cualidades. Eras humano, y como todo humano isiste errores. Nadie supo de mi ni de nuestro amor, y nunca sabran en realidad que fue de nosotros. Me entristese aver me enterado de esta manera de tu muerte pero mi consuelo son mis recuerdos de ti y del tiempo que vivimos juntos. Fuimos muy felices en ese tiempo. lo que si se es que tu unico y verdadero amor era tu trabajo. Tu moriste haciendo lo que mas amabas en la vida. yo en rialidad nunca entendi que era lo que acias pero solo con oirte hablar de lo que hacias era suficiente para saber que te gustaba.

Ahora descansa que tu has echo tu parte en esta batalla.

Siempre viviras en mi corazon.

You can visit Sgt. 1st Class David Nunez's profile in our California's War Dead database to leave your own comment. A list of all recent comments is also available.

-- Ben Welsh

Comments

[GEAH]

Someone needs to let Robert Lopez know how "liar" is spelled.