Victor A. Gonzalez
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Age: 19
From: Watsonville, Calif.
Assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force of Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Incident: Marine Lance Cpl. Victor A. Gonzalez was killed Oct. 13 by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.
Died: October 13, 2004
California Marine killed in Iraq
Associated Press
WATSONVILLE, Calif. — A 19-year-old Marine from Watsonville was killed this week as a result of enemy action in Iraq’s Anbar province, the Marine Corps said Thursday.
Lance Cpl. Victor A. Gonzalez died Wednesday from injuries received in combat.
“I was so proud of him,” his mother, Amalia Gonzalez, told the Watsonville Register-Pajaronian. “He was so young to die.”
Gonzalez was a rifleman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, which is based at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Gonzalez joined the Marine Corps on Oct. 27, 2003. His personal awards include the National Defense Service Medal. He was sent to Iraq on Sept. 2.
“I told him, ‘If this is what you want, I will support you. I just hope nothing happens,”’ his mother said. “And now it has.”
Gonzalez aspired to be a police officer. He...