Ramon J. Mendoza Jr., 37

Based in California

Marines, Major
Based: Camp Pendleton
Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom
Died: November 14, 2005
Ubaydi (near Syrian border), Iraq
Gender: Male
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio

Mendoza was one of two Marines killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle during Operation Steel Curtain in Ubaydi, an insurgent stronghold near the Syrian border.

Two memories of Ramon J. Mendoza Jr.