Lance Cpl. Fernando S. Tamayo of Fontana, California wanted to be a Marine from the age of 9, when he attended a graduation ceremony and saw his older brother Mario in full Marine dress. He graduated from Bloomington High School in Fontana in 2005 and promptly enrolled in the Young Marines program, designed to give potential recruits a taste of what it would be like. He was stationed at Twentynine Palms just as his older brother had been several years earlier. Within six months, he was a lance corporal. Fernando had a quick humor, sense of responsibility and concern for his mother when she was recovering from cancer. He never had an enemy but had many friends and was the youngest in his family. He was 19.
Marines
3rd Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
1st Marine Division
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Twentynine Palms, California
Marines
3rd Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
1st Marine Division
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Twentynine Palms, California
Lance Cpl. Fernando S. Tamayo of Fontana, California wanted to be a Marine from the age of 9, when he attended a graduation ceremony and saw his older brother Mario in full Marine dress. He graduated from Bloomington High School in Fontana in 2005 and promptly enrolled in the Young Marines program, designed to give potential recruits a taste of what it would be like. He was stationed at Twentynine Palms just as his older brother had been several years earlier. Within six months, he was a lance corporal. Fernando had a quick humor, sense of responsibility and concern for his mother when she was recovering from cancer. He never had an enemy but had many friends and was the youngest in his family. He was 19.
Marines
3rd Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
1st Marine Division
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Twentynine Palms, California
Marines
3rd Battalion
4th Marine Regiment
1st Marine Division
I Marine Expeditionary Force
Twentynine Palms, California
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