Jun
29
Fallen hero returns Wednesday at Los Al Base
Filed Under Community News, Inspiration, National Issues, The Base
(6/29/2010, Los Alamitos, info supplied by Laura Hertzog, Base Community Relations) The Joint Forces Training Base will be welcoming home a Fallen Hero this Wednesday, June 30, 2010.
Hero Mission for Cpl. Claudio Patino is scheduled for Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. The public is requested to arrive between 10:15 – 10:40 to allow time for parking and walking to the location.
Directions can be obtained from the Guard at the entrance to the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, 11206 Lexington Drive, south of Katella. Photo identification is required for entrance to the Base.
USMC Cpl. Claudio Patino IV, 22, of Yorba Linda, Calif., died June 22 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, based at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif.
The Patino family will allow public and media to attend Hero Mission and all services for Cpl. Patino.
An Orange County Register article posted online today gives some background on Cpl Patino:
Cpl. Claudio Patińo IV, who joined the Marines shortly after graduating from El Dorado in 2006, was killed by small-arms fire June 22 in Afghanistan.
A fierce warrior who was steadfast in his devotion to his family, his country and the Marine Corps, Patińo wouldn’t have wanted to die any other way, friend and former team leader Marine Sgt. Ryan Lindner said.
“Let that be his legacy,” Lindner said.
After watching a slideshow chronicling his life, friends, family members and mourning strangers shared memories of Patińo, a laughing kid who turned into a serious Marine.
He was rough on the outside, family members said, but he was also the most loveable guy you could ever meet.
A scout sniper, Patińo had served a tour in Iraq and another in Afghanistan when he requested a special transfer to redeploy to Afghanistan in March. He had talked about becoming a Marine since early childhood, family members said.
“He was always striving, always testing himself,” Lindner said. “He was a modern day Spartan.”
Click here for the complete Register article.
Click here for a brief but impressive bio on Cpl. Patino on the “Freedom Remembered” website.
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Why not report the truth? Oh, that’s right you are not a reporter, only a conduit to let people rant even if they have not fact!
Not a single Los Alamitos Council member attended this event, and have rarely attended other Hero ceremonies. When they report these events, it seems as if they did. Check with the Veteran’s there from our Legion Post and you can verify. Only Grose as chair of the military affairs group attends, regularly.
The veteran’s are the real stars, supporting one of their own who gave their all.