Victor A. Dew, 20

Marines, Private 1st Class

Based: Camp Pendleton

3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force

Supporting: Operation Enduring Freedom

Died: October 13, 2010

Helmand province, Afghanistan

Engaged

Gender: Male

Hometown: Granite Bay

High School: Granite Bay High (Granite Bay)

Burial: East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento

Dew was one of four Marines from Camp Pendleton killed Oct. 13 by a roadside bomb during combat operations in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold. He was on his first deployment and had been in Afghanistan just a few weeks. Family members say Dew had been preparing for duty since he was 12, when he first draped a giant Marine Corps flag over his bed. As a boy, he would sit for hours watching old war documentaries on the History Channel.

Joseph C. Lopez, 10/14/2010

Brian J. Pedro, 10/02/2010

Nine memories of Victor A. Dew

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Me and him were always flirting. We had wonderful times together and knew we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together since the first time i said i love you. We had life in the grasp of our hands and we were ready to take on the world.

I remember being with him at the lake and we both just read together. the water was FREEZING, but he begged me to get in with him. once i got into the water i complained that i was cold, so he pulled me close. he looked me in the eye and told me "i love you". i told him i loved him too and we kissed. wouldnt you know, i wasnt cold anymore.

The boy was a true angel, with knowledge and a soul beyond his time. He was a man, and a hero, and i will never forget him. Rest in peace my dear fiance', i know we will meet again.

” — Courtney Gold, October 25, 2010 at 4:50 p.m.

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