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CPL. Serrano was from Connor, Kalinga of the Scout Ranger Class 176 and of the 4th Light Reaction Company who was deployed in the Island of Mindanao.
Their mission was to conduct rescue mission to the trapped soldiers from the disabled armored personnel carrier of the 5th Mechanized Battalion when they were engaged in a fierce gun battle with the members of the Maute terrorist group who occupied Marawi City since May 23rd, 2017.
His wife, a teacher in Tagbina, Surigao del Sur is about to give birth to their second child.
A message of condolences were sent to the bereaved family of Coporal Serrano from many netizens, calling him hero.
The ongoing Marawi siege has claimed the lives of 11 soldiers and two police officers while 39 soldiers were recorded wounded according to AFP Western Command spokesperson Capt. Jo-Ann Petinglay.
"So far we have 11 soldiers who have sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the peace loving residents of Marawi," said Capt. Petinglay.
Corporal Benito G. Serrano, Photo credits: Josephine Jaron Codila
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