The brother of a fallen Marine from Lodi, California, stated the household is devastated and may’t absolutely categorical the ache they’re experiencing from his sudden loss.
On Friday, Edison Ramirez, 18, described his older brother Elwin as a loving and caring one that was all the time completely satisfied and prepared to serve his nation.
“Because the day he joined (the Marines), he was dedicated,” Edison Ramirez stated. “He was only a nice function mannequin to me. I all the time appeared as much as him, and hopefully I may be his praise.”
On Monday, the Marine Corps Guard posted on social media that Cpl. Elwin Ramirez died whereas serving on the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria.
The Marine Corps Guard didn’t launch a reason behind loss of life or what day Elwin Ramirez died. Nonetheless, the group stated his loss of life is beneath investigation.
Edison Ramirez stated he obtained a textual content from his brother just a few days previous to his loss of life announcement.
“He requested what a superb e mail was for me,” Edison Ramirez stated. “I requested why, and he stated in case one thing occurs to him. Then I by no means heard from him once more.”
Edison Ramirez stated his brother had simply proposed to his fiancée, and the couple had been planning to wed a while after his discharge from the Marine Corps. He stated his brother was as a consequence of depart service within the coming months, and the couple deliberate to maneuver to San Diego shortly thereafter.
Elwin Ramirez additionally had plans to hitch the California Freeway Patrol or Federal Bureau of Investigations, his brother stated.
“Nobody has informed me, and I am unable to consider, a single unhealthy factor about my brother,” Edison Ramirez stated.
Elwin Ramirez graduated from Lodi Excessive College in 2019 and was a member of the Flames’ soccer crew, one thing his brother stated he liked doing.
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