Based: Ft. Stewart, Ga.
1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: December 25, 2005
Baghdad, Iraq
Married, 1 child
Gender: Male
Hometown: Pomona
High School: Claremont High (Claremont)
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Glendale
Sergio Gudino was remembered as a war hero and loyal family man Saturday during a somber ceremony too short for all the warm memories of his life, and in a church too small to hold all the people who loved him.Read the whole San Gabriel Valley Tribune article about Army Specialist Sergio Gudino here and read the LA Times article here and find more about Specialist Gudino here.
Gudino, a 21-year-old Army specialist from Pomona, died in Iraq on Christmas day when a bomb exploded near the M1-A1 tank he was driving in Baghdad.
Friends, relatives and fellow soldiers recalled the married father as a "gentle giant" during services at the Forest Lawn Memorial-Park in Glendale.His hulking size allowed him to fill a room by himself, they said. But he also had the heart to match….
Gudino joined the Army in 2003, two years after he graduated from Claremont High School. He was deployed to Iraq a year ago.
"One thing was for sure," said his widow, Candy, "he loved being a soldier and he gave it his all."
He was buried with full military honors.
Gudino's casket was lowered to the ground. His 3-year-old son, Cyrus, was the first to drop a white flower into the grave.
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An officer salutes Sergio Gudino's widow, while she clutches the flag from her husband's casket. |
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