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BYLINE: BRIAN HAYNES, REVIEW-JOURNAL
Lance Cpl. Richard Perez Jr. had just 10 more days left in Iraq.
The 19-year-old Marine reservist already had shipped his personal belongings back to Las Vegas, and he told his family on Super Bowl Sunday he couldn't wait to end his six-month stint overseas.
"He said, 'Dad, I'm ready to come home,' " his father said.
But the young Marine didn't make it. He was killed last week when a truck accidentally rolled over him near Ramadi, father Rich Perez said Saturday from Los Angeles International Airport.
"He went through the Fallujah war and the elections and everything, and he survived. And for…