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Armando Ariel Gonzalez
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Name: Marine Cpl. Armando Ariel Gonzalez
Age: 25
From: Hileah, Fla.
Assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, Marine Wing Support Group 27, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Armando Ariel Gonzalez was killed in a non-hostile accident when a commercial refueler collapsed at Logistics Supply Area Viper in southern Iraq.
Died: April 14, 2003
Age: 25
From: Hileah, Fla.
Assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, Marine Wing Support Group 27, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.
Incident: Marine Cpl. Armando Ariel Gonzalez was killed in a non-hostile accident when a commercial refueler collapsed at Logistics Supply Area Viper in southern Iraq.
Died: April 14, 2003
As a Cuban teenager, Armando Ariel Gonzalez came by raft to the United States in 1995 with his father and brother. He died in Iraq serving his adopted homeland on April 14.
Gonzalez, 25, of Hialeah, Fla., was crushed by a commercial refueling truck that collapsed on top of him as he worked beneath it at a refueling dock in southern Iraq. Only hours before, he spoke to his pregnant wife by telephone.
“He said he felt good. Everything was going good,” his father, Julio Orlando Gonzalez, told the Miami Herald. He was married seven months ago; his wife is four months pregnant.
Gonzalez learned English at Miami-Dade Community College. He enlisted in the Marines in November 2000.
“I’m very proud of him,” his father said. “He always hung out...
Occupation
Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, Marine Wing Support Group 27, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.
Incident
Marine Cpl. Armando Ariel Gonzalez was killed in a non-hostile accident when a commercial refueler collapsed at Logistics Supply Area Viper in southern Iraq.
Prayers & Messages
Armando Ariel Gonzalez
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.