2ND LOCAL DEAD IN IRAQ S.S.

A SECOND LOCAL MAN HAS DIED IN IRAQ. A 19 YEAR-OLD MARINE, FROM THE WATSONVILLE AREA, WAS KILLED WEDNESDAY, AS THE RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION IN THE AL ANBAR PROVINCE OF IRAQ. LANCE CORPORAL VICTOR A. GONZALEZ WAS A RIFLEMAN ASSIGNED TO THE 2ND BATTALION, 5TH MARINE REGIMENT, 1ST MARINE DIVISION. HE JOINED THE MARINE CORP ALMOST A YEAR AGO, BUT HAD ONLY BEEN IN IRAQ FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS. GONZALEZ, WHO WAS BORN IN SALINAS AND GRADUATED FROM WATSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, WAS A CADET IN THE WATSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND LOOKED FORWARD TO BEING A POLICE OFFICER THERE. HE IS SURVIVED BY 3 YOUNGER SIBLINGS, AND HIS PARENTS. SERVICES FOR GONZALEZ WILL BE HELD LOCALLY, AND THEN HIS FAMILY PLANS TO TRANSPORT HIS BODY TO THE FAMILY?S HOME TOWN IN MEXICO.