Armando Ariel Gonzales

Beaufort, South Carolina

April 14, 2003

Age

Military

Rank

Unit/Location

Marines

Cpl

Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS)-273, Marine Wing Support Group (MWSG)-27, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station

Beaufort, South Carolina

Killed in a non-hostile accident when a commercial refueler collapsed at Logistics Supply Area Viper in southern Iraq.

AP News

Armando Ariel Gonzalez is remembered by his family as serious, affectionate and responsible. Gonzalez of Hialeah, Fla., was killed April 14 when a refueling truck collapsed as he worked beneath it. He was based at the Marine Corps Air Station at Beaufort, S.C. His wife was pregnant when he died.