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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - On April 15, Marine Lance Cpl. Marcelino Gamino mislaid his beingness erstwhile the jeep helium rode in, portion of a convoy connected its mode to the Southern Border, crashed arsenic its operator attempted to debar a head-on collision.
On Wednesday, the hometown leader was laid to rest, conscionable 8 days aft his assemblage was brought home.
It was a show that gave chills, arsenic hundreds of radical flooded Belmont Memorial Park, whether family, adjacent friends, members of his Marine platoon, warfare veterans, oregon adjacent conscionable members of the wide nationalist came retired to accidental goodbye to the fallen Marine, taken excessively soon astatine lone 28-years-old.
The ceremonial was a spectacle. American Legion Riders guided his hearse from the ceremonial chapel to his gravesite, arsenic chap Marines were the pallbearers who carried him to his last resting place.
In the crowd, it was pugnacious to spot a pugnacious oculus successful attendance, arsenic the 3-gun salute rang out, followed by the ceremonial playing of Taps.
"Being successful their household for arsenic agelong arsenic I have, and besides being a military, erstwhile subject member, that was phenomenal. That was the astir beauteous happening I've ever seen," said Sara Felix, a adjacent household person who says she's known "Markie" since helium was born.
She says she's been bully friends with his aunt and parent for decades. She says she watched Gamino arsenic a lad turn alongside her son, earlier helium yet sprouted into a Marine.
"One of the past times I spoke with him, helium was truthful arrogant to archer maine that helium had conscionable finished Fresno State, graduating, and I was truthful arrogant of him. And then, telling maine that helium was going into the Marines, knowing that I was an Army veteran," she said. "That was an highly arrogant infinitesimal that I got to stock with him."
However, present that he's gone, she and others adjacent to him conscionable proceed to clasp connected to the agleam memories of him, including his quality to persevere and execute immoderate helium enactment his caput to. All arsenic Wednesday, they took a past accidental to accidental goodbye and amusement appreciation for his sacrifice.
"Markie, we're going to miss you and we emotion you precise much," said Felix.
