Jose Gutierrez, 22

Marines, Lance Corporal

Based: Camp Pendleton

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

Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Died: March 21, 2003

Umm Qasr (near), Iraq

Single

Gender: Male

Hometown: Lomita

High School: North High (Torrance)

Foreign Country of Birth: Guatemala

Burial: Buried in Guatemala

Gutierrez was born in Guatemala City, where he lived on the streets. At age 16 he made his way to the U.S. without legal papers. He is believed to be the second U.S. serviceman to die in combat in Iraq. A month after he was killed, he was awarded citizenship.

Thomas Mullen Adams, 03/22/2003

Gregory M. Frampton, 01/30/2003

17 memories of Jose Gutierrez

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Muchas Vendiciones para el Corporal Gutierrez y su Familia, la muerte de el Corporal Gutierrez no sera en vano sino lo opuesto, dar vidas al ser humano, sonrisas alos ninos/as y a tu pais Guatemala/USA le dio un Heroe al cual simpre lo llevaremos en nuestras mente y corazon Jose Gutierrez US Marine Corporal, Yo tanbien cruce la frontera ilegal de Mexico y al igual estuve en US Navy y tanbien estuve en (Operation Iraq Freedom) del 2000 al 2005, gracias a dios sali del servicio militar bien sin ningun problema. Aunque nunca tube la dicha de conocerte Corporal Gutierrez fuera sido un honor aver peleado a tu lado en batalla o igual celebrando al estilo Guatemalteco o Mexicano.

” — Ruben Cuellarmartinez, April 4, 2015 at 5:51 a.m.

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