Based: Camp Pendleton
1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom
Died: November 24, 2010
Helmand province, Afghanistan
Gender: Male
Hometown: San Jose
A 19-year-old Marine from San Jose was killed Wednesday in Afghanistan's Helmand province, less than two months after arriving in the country for his first combat deployment, the Department of Defense said Thursday.Read the entire article about Lance Corporal Ardenjoseph A. Buenagua from the Silicon Valley Mercury News here and find more at Marine Chat and at Freedom Remembered.
Lance Cpl. Ardenjoseph A. Buenagua, a decorated engineer, enlisted in July 2009 and was assigned to the First Marine Division's First Combat Battalion at Camp Pendleton.
The Marines did not provide details of his death. Buenagua's decorations included a Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon and other honors for combat service.
Buenagua used his iPhone to make his last post on his Facebook page on Sept. 30.
"after a few days of traveling. we're finally gonna arrive in afghan today," he wrote.
His mother, Marivic Ayuson Trinidad, wrote in response, "Pray, pray, and pray always ... and we're praying for ur SAFETY. GOD is always w/u all the time ... luv u so much -- MOM :)"
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