Benjamin R. Gonzalez, Lance Corporal -- Rest In Peace

Benjamin R. Gonzalez, 23

Marines, Lance Corporal
Based: Camp Pendleton
2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: May 29, 2004
Fallouja, Iraq
Engaged
Gender: Male
Hometown: Los Angeles
Burial: Riverside National Cemetery

This is a nightmare for us that we want to wake up from. We can't believe it still. We are proud of what he did. It was his dream to serve this country and he died doing it.
— Benjamin Gonzalez, father, in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Gonzalez's funeral service was held in English and Spanish, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. At the service Rep. Hilda Solis (D-El Monte) presented his parents with an American flag.