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Luis Fonseca (sailor)
United States Navy sailor and Navy Cross Recipient / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the American sailor. For the Venezuelan athlete, see Luis Fonseca (athlete).
For the Costa Rican Olympic weightlifter, see Luis Fonseca (weightlifter).
Luis E. Fonseca, Jr. (born 1980) is a United States Navy hospital corpsman who was awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism on March 23, 2003, while assigned to a Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicle platoon serving with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, during the Battle of An Nasiriyah in An Nasiriyah, Iraq.[1] This was the first major battle fought in Iraq by the U.S Marine Corps (and U.S. Army)[2] during Operation Iraqi Freedom.[3]
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Luis Fonseca | |
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![]() Fonseca with his Navy Cross award in 2004 | |
Nickname(s) | "Doc Speedy" |
Born | 1980 (age 43–44) Frankfurt, West Germany (now Frankfurt, Germany) |
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Years of service | 1999–2021 |
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Unit | 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines (1/2) 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines (2/8) Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune USS Bataan (LHD-5) |
Battles/wars | Iraq War Afghanistan War |
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Spouse(s) | Christina Fonseca |
Relations | Children (oldest to youngest): Chrystian, Angel, Jadelynn, Brycen, Fenix. |
Other work | Legion of Valor |
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