CPL Jesse Maria Zamora

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CPL Jesse Maria Zamora

Birth
USA
Death
3 Feb 2006 (aged 22)
Salah ad Din, Iraq
Burial
Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA Add to Map
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Cpl. Jesse M. Zamora of Las Cruces, New Mexico graduated from Mayfield High School in Las Cruces in 2002, joined the Army later that year and arrived at Fort Campbell in November 2003. He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Sergio "Nacho" Gonzalez of Las Cruces; his brother Army Spc. Tyrel Zamora of Las Cruces; and sister Christy Zamora of Mesa, Ariz. His biological father, Orlando Zamora, died when Jesse Zamora was 3 months old. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He was 22.

Army
1st Battalion
187th Infantry
3rd Brigade Combat Team
101st Airborne Division
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Cpl. Jesse M. Zamora of Las Cruces, New Mexico graduated from Mayfield High School in Las Cruces in 2002, joined the Army later that year and arrived at Fort Campbell in November 2003. He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Sergio "Nacho" Gonzalez of Las Cruces; his brother Army Spc. Tyrel Zamora of Las Cruces; and sister Christy Zamora of Mesa, Ariz. His biological father, Orlando Zamora, died when Jesse Zamora was 3 months old. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He was 22.

Army
1st Battalion
187th Infantry
3rd Brigade Combat Team
101st Airborne Division
Fort Campbell, Kentucky