Fallen Fresno Marine's body returned home as family continues to grieve

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The assemblage of fallen Fresno Marine Lance Corporal Marcelino M Gamino has been returned location to the Central Valley.  

The Clovis East postgraduate was killed successful a Jeep clang on the confederate borderline during a convoy question connected April 15. He and different marines were sent from Camp Pendleton to New Mexico arsenic portion of caller efforts to person the United States Military support the confederate border. 

Meanwhile, his household inactive continues to grieve. 

"I conscionable privation to hug him and archer him convey you truthful much," his aunt Rose Warden said. 

YourCentralValley.com spoke with her extracurricular of a Fresno ceremonial home. She and her friends and household wore a pin with a representation of Gamino connected it from erstwhile helium was successful footwear camp. She says helium went by the nickname Markie, and she conscionable wishes she could spot him 1 past time. 

She and her champion person Rachel Craft spent portion of the evening reasoning backmost connected immoderate of their favourite memories portion moving done an unimaginable grief. 

"I retrieve asking Mark erstwhile helium was astatine our house, 'Mijo, wherefore did you articulation the military?' And helium tells me, 'Well, you know, I deliberation going to school, school, school. And I wanted thing different. I privation him to beryllium hands-on.' So I said, 'Okay, bully choice,'" Warden said. 

Craft says that arsenic a subject ma herself, she is present to enactment her friend's household arsenic they navigate what it means to marque the top sacrifice. 

"Rose came to my chamber doorway and I conscionable she was knocking and she opened the doorway and she didn't cognize what other to accidental but Markie's gone, and we were each successful shock. And it's hard to spot your champion person inconsolable," Craft said.

The group, Honoring Our Fallen, shared pictures of Gamino's body, successful an American flag-draped casket successful Texas, arsenic helium was getting acceptable to marque his last travel location to Fresno. 

Gamino enlisted successful 2022 and was a combat technologist with the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division. For being truthful young, arsenic helium was lone 28 astatine the clip of his death, helium was already showing what it meant to beryllium a marine. He had been awarded accolades similar the National Defense Service Medal and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon.

His decease impacted not conscionable his household but the full subject assemblage crossed the valley. Motorcycle rider groups rode up from Hanford to enactment the household and escort his assemblage from the airdrome to the ceremonial home. All of this is happening truthful they tin hole to laic Gamino to remainder and support him successful their representation and successful their hearts. 

"We're wearing them to correspond forever. He'll beryllium successful our hearts. That's wherefore we deterioration it connected our bosom side," Warden said. 

Warden provided this connection from her sister, Gamino's mom. 

Marcelino is simply a leader to this state and a leader successful our family. My lad was loving, respectful, benignant and filled with Joy and helium brought 2 families unneurotic for which we became one. He had goals to go something, due to the fact that increasing up we didn't person a lot. I did the champion to rise him with what small we had. I emotion you truthful overmuch lad and I volition ne'er hide you. We are each truthful arrogant of you Markie. We shall spot each different again. Thanks to each who are supporting maine and my household during this hard time.

Gamino's mom

Craft gave america this connection connected behalf of the full family. 

On behalf of those who knew and served with Marine Lance Corporal Marcelino Mark Gamino, we privation to widen our deepest gratitude for the overwhelming emotion and enactment shown by the assemblage during this clip of loss. Marcelino gave his beingness successful progressive work astatine the property of 28, serving with honor, courage, and selflessness.

The outpouring of compassion—from heartfelt messages to generous contributions—has been a almighty reminder of the unity and spot that defines our community. Your enactment has helped transportation america done the sorrow and has honored Marcelino’s beingness successful a mode that genuinely reflects who helium was.

From the bottommost of our hearts, convey you for lasting with america arsenic we retrieve and observe a beingness dedicated to service.

Our household would besides similar to widen our deepest heartfelt sympathy to the household and friends of Marine Lance Corporal  Albert Aguilera who was besides killed successful the enactment of work during this tragic accident.

Their sacrifice volition ne'er beryllium forgotten. 

Semper Fi.