Based: Twentynine Palms, Calif.
3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: December 21, 2006
Ah Nahiya, Iraq
Single
Gender: Male
Hometown: Fontana
High School: Bloomington High (Bloomington)
On Thursday, Tamayo's father thanked neighbors, friends and local businesses for the food and gifts given to the family.Do read the entire LA Times article about Lance Corporal Fernando S. Tamayo here. You will find Corporal Tamayo listed on this page.
"Thank you for honoring my son. He was a very courageous young man who gave his life for this country.... We are honored by what he did," said his father, a truck driver who is trying to find the strength to return to work. "We have to get back on track somehow. We have to get back to work, to our lives, to honor his memory."
Tamayo will be cremated and his ashes will be saved for burial at "a sacred place" that will be selected later by his parents.
"Right now, they want to bring their baby home," his sister said. "He was the light of this house."
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