Victor M. Fontanilla, 23

Army, Private 1st Class

Based: Ft. Richardson, Alaska

725th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Died: May 17, 2007

Iskandariya, Iraq

Married, 2 children

Gender: Male

Hometown: Stockton

High School: Tinian High School (U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)

Burial: San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery, Stockton

He loves his son more than anything. He always tells his son that he doesn't want him growing up without a father.

— Lysia Espinosa, aunt

Fontanilla died in Iraq a little over a month before his second son was born. He had planned on returning home on leave to be with his wife for the birth. In high school he went to live with his mother on the island of Tinian and hoped to return one day to build a three-story home for his family.

Times obituary

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One memory of Victor M. Fontanilla

So nice to read how he wanted to return to the Tinian Island to build a home for his family. I see alot of young Islanders who join the Military or continue in their education to return home to make a better living for their loved ones. Thank you for your service to not only to this country, the american people, but of all things, your family. God bless you as you look down on your homeland and family.

— Islander

December 10, 2010 at 11:58 a.m.

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