Cal Gunshot Victim Was Iraq Veteran

Cal Gunshot Victim Was Iraq Vet

While initial reports called student's death suicide, his family say Alex Lowenstein was full of life and future plans

By AARON GLANTZ, NEW AMERICA MEDIA on October 1, 2010 - 9:22 a.m. PDT

The UC Berkeley student who died at a fraternity house early last Friday morning has been identified as Alex Lowenstein, an Iraq war veteran and graduate of Marin County's Tam Valley High School.

Lowenstein, 24, who served a tour in Iraq as a member of the California Army National Guard, is at least the second Iraq war veteran to die while attending Cal.

Two years ago, UC Berkeley senior Elijah Warren took his own life after serving tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia.

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