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Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez
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Name: Marine Pfc. Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez
Age: 19
From: Norwalk, Calif.
Assigned to 1st Supply Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Pfc. Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez was killed in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated.
Died: May 12, 2003
Age: 19
From: Norwalk, Calif.
Assigned to 1st Supply Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Pfc. Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez was killed in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated.
Died: May 12, 2003
Jose F. Gonzalez Rodriguez was the kind of student all his teachers liked to remember. A Mexican immigrant, he was an honor student, an athlete and someone who seldom missed a high school event.
“He really enjoyed all of that,” said Linda Granillo, the school principal. “We remember him dancing at all the school dances. He was very well-liked.”
Rodriguez played third base on the baseball team and liked wearing his John Glenn Eagles baseball cap at school. He came from a large and very supportive family, Granillo said, and was recruited by the Marines just after high school.
“The military is a good opportunity,” Granillo said. “But you hate to lose kids from your school this way.”
— Associated Press
...Occupation
1st Supply Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident
Marine Pfc. Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez was killed in Iraq when unexploded ordnance he was handling detonated.
Prayers & Messages
Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez
2010-01-14
I always saw him in the barracks and I would yell "whats up private." We both knew his rank was a bit higher but we would both laugh. I didn't know you well but I always loved seeing you. You would always make me laugh. You always had a funny joke or a big smile on your face. Im so sorry for what has happened. I know your ok though, up there, looking down on all of your friends and family. I have a picture of you from Kuwait where you were holding a lizard: I have that and a poem for you parents but could never find their address. Maybe you have met my son Julian up there. He was born and then went to heaven three days later. I wish I could see you smile one more time.
All my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Love, Jenny Eisnor. xoxo
Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez
2009-04-11
Hello, i whas a friend from high school from 11 grrade into he gratueit from Glenn in 2001. then he join the marines when he did not know that much english but he whas smart. whe train together PT for the marines but he whas the 1st person got send and i needed to finish high school because he whas a grade higher then me. his best sport whas baysball, he never give up. just like he did not give up on his *****ry. Die with honor and prave.
Jose Franci Gonzalez Rodriguez
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.