The Marine Corps may have my body, but you'll always have my heart.
— Carlos Pineda, in a letter to his wife she received after his death
Pineda was born in El Salvador and came to the U.S. as a child. He was in the process of becoming a citizen. Pineda was rescuing casualties when he was shot and killed. He'd previously served in Afghanistan and extended his service to stay with his unit when it went to Iraq.

3 memories of Carlos

Compadre, en tu memoria!!

— Carlos Pineda
December 30, 2008 at 1 p.m.

Que dios lo tenga en su santa gloria

— Victor
May 29, 2009 at 1:02 a.m.

Mr. Pineda,

I used to work with you at mc'donalds years back. when I saw your picture on here I wasn't sure that it was really you, I had to really dig deep in my head but after seeing your picture about 20 different times, I know for sure its you.
Im verry sorry that you are no longer with your family but saying that doesn't change anything. I wanna thank you for everything you sacrificed. we didn't hang out much outside of work but we had enough crazy moments at work causing trouble to have a little fun.

RIP - MR.PINEDA

an old friend,
Chris Zambrano

— christopher zambrano
August 17, 2009 at 2:19 p.m.

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