Marine Pfc. Jose Francis Gonzalez Rodriguez
Marines, Private 1st Class
Based: Camp Pendleton
1st Supply Battalion, 1st Force Service Support Group
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: May 12, 2003
Camp Chesty, Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: Norwalk
High School: John H. Glenn High (Norwalk)
Foreign Country of Birth: Mexico
An immigrant from Mexico, Rodriguez was an honor student and played on his high school baseball team, according to his Associated Press obituary. He was recruited by the Marines just after high school.
Please read more here and here.
Mexican immigrant Pfc Jose F. Gonzalez Rodriguez died with Polish immigrant Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik, 21, of Schaumberg, Ill., the Defense Department said in a news release. The two were assigned to the 1st Force Service Support Group at Camp Pendleton, both died: May 12, 2003.
“He’s my hero, my best friend,” said his older brother, Paul Kowalik. “He was a good person, the last person this should happen to.”Please read more about Lance Cpl. Jakub Henryk Kowalik here.
Rest in peace, young brothers.
No comments:
Post a Comment