Victor Gonzalez was born in Salinas in 1985. He graduated from Watsonville High School, and joined the Watsonville Police Department as a cadet in 2001. His younger brother Eden is still at WHS, His yougest Oscar is in the 2nd grade at Pajaro Valley Unified, and his sister Myrna will start kindergarden next year. Eden, Oscar and Myrna all live with their parents, Serge and Amalia Gonzalez.
Victor was sent to Iraq on September 2nd and was killed yesterday.
The Monterey County Herald coverage is here.
Marine Lance Corporal Victor A. Gonzalez, a rifleman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, is the first resident of Monterey County to have been killed in Iraq.
victor i will miss you very much you will alwayz be in my heart ...... i love you and i will miss you rip victor
Posted by: veronica at November 1, 2004 01:13 PM