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Army Staff Sgt. Alex Jimenez Way
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Photo by Sgt. Frank Vaughn, courtesy of the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, Public Domain.

2025

Photo by David Engelman, 2025

Staff Sgt. Alex R. Jimenez (1982-2007) dedicated his life to public service in the U.S. Army. On May 12, 2007, his unit was attacked and captured by enemy forces in Jurf al-Sakhar, Iraq. His body was recovered 14 months later, on July 8, 2008, confirming his death. Jimenez was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company D, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, based out of Fort Drum, New York.

On June 20, 2009, the corner of 104th Street and 37th Drive in Corona, Queens, was named in his honor. The street sign is just a few feet from the home where Jimenez grew up.

Sources:

Gil Tauber, "NYC Honorary Street Names," accessed June 15, 2022

"Bodies of 2 missing soldiers found in Iraq," Military Times, accessed September 15, 2022

Jano Tantongco, "Street renamed for Staff Sergeant Alex Jimenez," QNS.com, June 24, 2009

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