Albert Lee Soto, age 18

Lost to gun violence on August 31, 2024 in San Diego, California.

Soto was an Operations Specialist Seaman Apprentice assigned to the USS Pinckney (DDG 91) which is home-ported at Naval Base San Diego. He enlisted in the Navy just last year in October 2023, and was from New York, the Navy said. Thank you for your service & RIP.

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  • Nickname:
    16 Poppie AB
    2 keaton
    4 Abskii
    8 Pop 💙
    4 al al
    3 Leeto
    3 pop pop
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    16 Always Smiling
    14 Goofy
    15 Loving
    13 Caring
    12 Over protective
    14 Very intelligent
    11 Always cared for his family
    11 Very loving, overprotective, caring
    4 always happy and the life of the party 🤍 pop pop 🙏🏾
  • Occupation:
    8 Operations Specialist Seaman
  • Workplace:
    8 San Diego Navy base
  • Schools attended:
    7 Green tech high school
    3 Challenge prep
    4 Lincoln School Schd’y NY
    3 Woodlawn Elementary
  • Comments:
    10 My goofy loving baby 😞💔
    3 The one I called for anything no matter what🩷
    4 My baby boy my childhood friend I miss u so much 💔💔🥺
    4 forever gun miss you baby boy ❤️
    5 Rest Easy baby boy. Will be missed tremendously. 🕊 🕊 🕊 🕊
    6 Nephew will be missed
    6 My heart , My first nephew I love you !
    4 I'm gonna miss those I need my hair done calls 😢 you will be awfully missed
    4 Thank you for your service. Deepest condolences to his family and friends.
    5 i miss him so much , he’s like an older cousin ian ever have 😪🕊️,,rip pop
    4 Miss you crazy. see you soon love you poppy❤️
    5 Forever in my heart ❤️ smile was infectious 😊😘
    6 We love you forever pop pop 🤍🙏🏾
    5 My son always told me that he got me who got me now?
    5 rip Poppy 💙🙏🏾❤️🫶He had a contagious smile
    7 My former student in the 6th grade!
    3 I love you and we miss you pop pop 🤍😢🙏🏾
    3 My brother , more like my first born child. I love you forever baby boy ❤️❤️❤️
    5 Zina McCall
    3 ❤️😔👣👣
    6 my nephew i miss them "auntie" calls. i miss the pop ups. i miss it all.💔💔💔
    3 🤍🤍pop pop we love you
    3 Poppy thinking about you !
    3 we missing u everyday pop pop
    2 pop pop 🤍🙏🏾😇
    3 POP POP 🙏🏾
    3 damn another day pop pop we love you 🤍🕯️
    3 🤍🤍🤍
    1 pop 🤍
    2 Think about you everyday💔
    2 I won’t have a other cousin like him
    2 I miss him so much 💗💗💗💗❤️❤️❤️❤️
    2 auntie nissung you baby boy. your lil cuz is now getting it together. We niss you nephew💔💔💔
    2 pop pop 🤍
    2 poppy auntie miss you so much 💔 love reema
    1 pop pop 🤞🏾🙏🏾🤍
    2 ALBERT LEE SOTO AKA POPPY ! we miss you down here kid !
    1 we love and miss you popop 🤍🙏🏾
    2 🤍🤍
    2 please continue to watch over your mom dad and siblings. we love and miss you bad nephew
    2 🤍🤍pop pop 🤍🤍

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