Eric A. Ayon, 26

Marines, Private 1st Class

Based: Camp Pendleton

2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force

Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Died: April 9, 2004

Anbar province, Iraq

Married, 1 child

Gender: Male

Hometown: Arleta

High School: Herbert Hoover Senior High (Glendale)

Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Hollywood Hills

Ayon mentored wayward teenagers, trying to talk them out of gang life. Corrido singer Lupillo Rivera, his favorite musical artist, sang at his funeral. Then Rivera removed his cowboy hat and tie and placed them atop the casket.

Oscar Jimenez, 04/11/2004

Joshua M. Palmer, 04/08/2004

16 memories of Eric A. Ayon

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I was stationed in Iraq the same time Eric was we shared the same room in combat out post we called each other "cebollita" honestly I can’t recall why the last memories I have about him were that he was writing a letter to his son a couple day before his birth day so he could receive it on time, me and him were big fans of lupillo Rivera and Ramón Ayala we would sing a song ill never forget its called "que me entieren cantando" Eric, onother partner of us , Villalobos and I were the only ones that were mexican and in the room that would listen to this music, all the other marines were white. it was so funny, we would sing so loud the people from other rooms would come and see what was going on I’ll never forget those days even though they were bad days we made the best of them RIP brother and you live with me in my mind and in my heart take good care of us because your in a better place....

” — Edgar Gentil, October 5, 2010 at 10:11 p.m.

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