Jose A Garibay

Orange, California

March 23, 2003

Age

Military

Rank

Unit/Location

Marines

Cpl

1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Killed in combat in the vicinity of Nasiriyah.

AP News

Jose A. Garibay planned to be a police officer when his enlistment ended next year. Garibay of Costa Mesa, Calif., and based at Camp Lejeune, was killed in action March 23. A native of Jalisco, Mexico, Garibay and his family moved to the United States when he was a baby. He was awarded U.S. citizenship after his death.