Cpl U.S. Marine Corps, fell during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Marine Cpl., 20, of Nixon, Gonzales Co., TX Was killed 14 NOV 2005 by small-arms fire during a U.S. offensive against insurgents along the western Iraqi border. Longoria was assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); died of wounds sustained from small arms fire while conducting combat operations against enemy forces during Operation Steel Curtain in New Ubaydi, Iraq.
Marine remembered as foster care success story
The Associated Press
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas โ A 21-year-old Marine mostly raised in foster care was remembered by his former caseworker as a positive child despite some hard times and shuffling around different families.
Cpl. John M. Longoria was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq when he was killed Nov. 14 in New Ubaydi, Iraq, during Operation Steel Curtain, military officials said. Funeral services were Nov. 23 in Nixon.
His former Child Protective Services caseworker, Linda Garcia, considers Longoria one her most memorable success stories during her years as a caseworker.
"He was always very happy," Garcia said in Thursday's online editions of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. "He always had a smile on his face, even through hard times."
Longoria lived with foster families growing up and was adopted by a family in Nixon when he was a teenager. Garcia said he had two biological brothers and a sister that he loved very much.
Born in Corpus Christi, Longoria attended Menger Elementary School and Nixon-Smiley High School, where he was a football player.
He had thought of becoming a sniper with the Marines, said Texas A&M University-Kingsville freshman Kayla Elkins, who attended high school with Longoria.
"He loved it," Elkins said. "He came back from his first tour of duty in Iraq and told everybody how much he loved being in the military."
Longoria is survived by his foster parents; his fiancee; four sisters and six brothers.
He was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, from Camp Pendleton, CA.
Thank you Geep99 for sponsoring Cpl Longoria's memorial.
Marine Cpl., 20, of Nixon, Gonzales Co., TX Was killed 14 NOV 2005 by small-arms fire during a U.S. offensive against insurgents along the western Iraqi border. Longoria was assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); died of wounds sustained from small arms fire while conducting combat operations against enemy forces during Operation Steel Curtain in New Ubaydi, Iraq.
Marine remembered as foster care success story
The Associated Press
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas โ A 21-year-old Marine mostly raised in foster care was remembered by his former caseworker as a positive child despite some hard times and shuffling around different families.
Cpl. John M. Longoria was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq when he was killed Nov. 14 in New Ubaydi, Iraq, during Operation Steel Curtain, military officials said. Funeral services were Nov. 23 in Nixon.
His former Child Protective Services caseworker, Linda Garcia, considers Longoria one her most memorable success stories during her years as a caseworker.
"He was always very happy," Garcia said in Thursday's online editions of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. "He always had a smile on his face, even through hard times."
Longoria lived with foster families growing up and was adopted by a family in Nixon when he was a teenager. Garcia said he had two biological brothers and a sister that he loved very much.
Born in Corpus Christi, Longoria attended Menger Elementary School and Nixon-Smiley High School, where he was a football player.
He had thought of becoming a sniper with the Marines, said Texas A&M University-Kingsville freshman Kayla Elkins, who attended high school with Longoria.
"He loved it," Elkins said. "He came back from his first tour of duty in Iraq and told everybody how much he loved being in the military."
Longoria is survived by his foster parents; his fiancee; four sisters and six brothers.
He was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, from Camp Pendleton, CA.
Thank you Geep99 for sponsoring Cpl Longoria's memorial.
Cpl U.S. Marine Corps, fell during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Marine Cpl., 20, of Nixon, Gonzales Co., TX Was killed 14 NOV 2005 by small-arms fire during a U.S. offensive against insurgents along the western Iraqi border. Longoria was assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); died of wounds sustained from small arms fire while conducting combat operations against enemy forces during Operation Steel Curtain in New Ubaydi, Iraq.
Marine remembered as foster care success story
The Associated Press
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas โ A 21-year-old Marine mostly raised in foster care was remembered by his former caseworker as a positive child despite some hard times and shuffling around different families.
Cpl. John M. Longoria was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq when he was killed Nov. 14 in New Ubaydi, Iraq, during Operation Steel Curtain, military officials said. Funeral services were Nov. 23 in Nixon.
His former Child Protective Services caseworker, Linda Garcia, considers Longoria one her most memorable success stories during her years as a caseworker.
"He was always very happy," Garcia said in Thursday's online editions of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. "He always had a smile on his face, even through hard times."
Longoria lived with foster families growing up and was adopted by a family in Nixon when he was a teenager. Garcia said he had two biological brothers and a sister that he loved very much.
Born in Corpus Christi, Longoria attended Menger Elementary School and Nixon-Smiley High School, where he was a football player.
He had thought of becoming a sniper with the Marines, said Texas A&M University-Kingsville freshman Kayla Elkins, who attended high school with Longoria.
"He loved it," Elkins said. "He came back from his first tour of duty in Iraq and told everybody how much he loved being in the military."
Longoria is survived by his foster parents; his fiancee; four sisters and six brothers.
He was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, from Camp Pendleton, CA.
Thank you Geep99 for sponsoring Cpl Longoria's memorial.
Marine Cpl., 20, of Nixon, Gonzales Co., TX Was killed 14 NOV 2005 by small-arms fire during a U.S. offensive against insurgents along the western Iraqi border. Longoria was assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.; attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward); died of wounds sustained from small arms fire while conducting combat operations against enemy forces during Operation Steel Curtain in New Ubaydi, Iraq.
Marine remembered as foster care success story
The Associated Press
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas โ A 21-year-old Marine mostly raised in foster care was remembered by his former caseworker as a positive child despite some hard times and shuffling around different families.
Cpl. John M. Longoria was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq when he was killed Nov. 14 in New Ubaydi, Iraq, during Operation Steel Curtain, military officials said. Funeral services were Nov. 23 in Nixon.
His former Child Protective Services caseworker, Linda Garcia, considers Longoria one her most memorable success stories during her years as a caseworker.
"He was always very happy," Garcia said in Thursday's online editions of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. "He always had a smile on his face, even through hard times."
Longoria lived with foster families growing up and was adopted by a family in Nixon when he was a teenager. Garcia said he had two biological brothers and a sister that he loved very much.
Born in Corpus Christi, Longoria attended Menger Elementary School and Nixon-Smiley High School, where he was a football player.
He had thought of becoming a sniper with the Marines, said Texas A&M University-Kingsville freshman Kayla Elkins, who attended high school with Longoria.
"He loved it," Elkins said. "He came back from his first tour of duty in Iraq and told everybody how much he loved being in the military."
Longoria is survived by his foster parents; his fiancee; four sisters and six brothers.
He was assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, from Camp Pendleton, CA.
Thank you Geep99 for sponsoring Cpl Longoria's memorial.
