This is a nightmare for us that we want to wake up from. We can't believe it still. We are proud of what he did. It was his dream to serve this country and he died doing it.
— Benjamin Gonzalez, father, in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Gonzalez's funeral service was held in English and Spanish, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. At the service Rep. Hilda Solis (D-El Monte) presented his parents with an American flag.

1 memory of Benjamin

dang its been so long and it still hurts so much;;
i love you so much and i will never for get you...
i promise i wil tell my children what a great sacrafice you have done for them.
--i love you big brother

— betsy
January 27, 2009 at 7:30 a.m.

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