Service:  MARINE CORPS
Component:  ACTIVE DUTY
Name:  MENDEZ RUIZ, DAVID ALBERT
Rank:  LCPL
Pay Grade:  E03
Date of Death:  2005/11/12
Age:  20
Gender:  MALE
Home of Record City:  CLEVELAND
Home of Record State:  OH
Home of Record Country:  US
Unit:  WPNS CO, 2D BN, 7TH MAR (RCT-8, 2D MARDIV) 1ST MARDIV, TWENTYNINE PALM, CA
Incident Geographic Code:  IZ
Casualty Geographic Code:  IZ
Casualty Country:  IRAQ
City of Loss:  FALLUJAH

Burial Location:
Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery, Rittman
Rittman, Ohio

Memorial Video:
Memorial video from the Second Battalion Seventh Marines 2016 reunion

Obituary:

LCpl. DAVID A. MENDEZ RUIZ, USMC, age 20. Beloved son of Maximiliano and Miriam; dear brother of Sandra, Byron (Carolina), Laura (Osveli), Mynor (Fluvia), Zucely (Gammy), Edgar (Nydia G.), and Nydia (Luis); dear grandson of Elvia Ruiz; loving uncle of 15; dear nephew, cousin and friend of many. Passed away Saturday, Nov.12 in Iraq. Memorials may be forwarded to the Marine Corps Law Enforcement Fund, P.O. Box 37, Mountain Lakes, NJ, 07046. Funeral service Friday, Nov. 25, 2005 at Bethel Temple, 12901 W. Pleasant Valley Rd., Parma at 11 a.m. Interment Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery, Rittman at 3 p.m. Friends may call at THE BUSCH FUNERAL HOME, 4334 PEARL RD., CLEVELAND FROM 7-9 P.M. TUESDAY AND FROM 2-4 AND 7-9 P.M. WEDNESDAY. BUSCH FUNERAL and CREMATORY SERVICES 216-741-7700 For more information, to view an on-line memorial or send a condolence, go to www.buschfuneral.com or to www.gccsf.org.