California (USA) - Nigerian-born Justin Onwordi, who fought on the side of America and was killed in Iraq was among over 100 foreign-born American soldiers who earned post-humus American citizenship for dying in Iraq.

Onwordi died when his vehicle was blown up in Baghdad on August 2, 2004. He left behind a wife and baby boy.

Onwordi, who came to the US from Nigeria in July 2000, started his military training six months later. The 6-foot-4 Nigerian was later assigned to the Army’s 2nd Battalion, 12th Armoured Calvary Regiment, 1st Calvary Division, and was stationed at Ford Hood Texas.

He started his tour duty in Iraq in January. When his wife gave birth to a baby boy, he got two weeks’ leave on June 23 to visit his wife, Monique, and baby named Jonathan on July 7, 2004.

According to the Associated Press, certificates of citizenship were presented to the families of the victims at a memorial service conducted by a Roman Catholic Cardinal on Sunday in Lomita, California, US.

Source: The Punch

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