A soldier's boots lie still

BILL SPARKES Acorn Newspapers

NEVER FORGOTTEN-

The Veterans for Peace sponsored a display of the boots of soldiers who have

been killed in action on

Cabrillo Street in Santa

Barbara as part of their July

Fourth activities. Marine Lance Cpl. Juan C. Venegas,

21, of Simi Valley died on April 7, 2005, as a result of a

vehicle accident while

conducting combat

operations in Al Anbar

Province, Iraq. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion,

4th Marine Regiment, 1st

Marine Division, I Marine

Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, Calif.

During Operation Iraqi

Freedom, Venegas was

attached to Regimental Combat Team 8, 2nd Marine

Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.