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GOLDSBORO, N.C. – Family, Friends and members of the military community gathered on Sept. 13, 2017 to re-dedicate The North Carolina National Guard's Goldsboro Readiness Center as the Jocelyn Carrasquillo Readiness Center.
The ceremony was held on the front lawn of the readiness center and included the unveiling of a new sign along with a new plague that will be displayed inside the building.
Spc. Jocelyn Luis Carrasquillo, was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment when he was killed in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2004, when a roadside bomb detonated beside his convoy. He was 28 years old.
“Today we memorialize one of our citizen soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice“, said Maj. Gen. Greg Lusk, the Adjutant General of North Carolina “He answered the call to duty on behalf of the nation following the attacks of 2001, so it’s only fitting that we do that.”
Carrasquillo joined the U.S. Army Reserve in January 1997 and transferred to the North Carolina Army National Guard in September 2001.
He entered federal active service Oct. 1, 2003, when his unit was activated as part of NC National Guard's 30th Heavy Separate Brigade ‘Old Hickory’ and he was the first Old Hickory soldier to die in combat since World War II.
The Jocelyn Carrasquillo Readiness Center was the first of many National Guard Readiness Centers scheduled to be re-named for fallen North Carolina National Guard soldiers across the state.
Carrasquillo grew up in Goldsboro and went to school nearby in Dudley.
It just means a lot to have this readiness center named in his honor,” said Carrasquillo’s Brother Kenneth Carrasquillo, “That it can be right here in his home town where not only his family but also his friends can come by and see, its really a great honor.”
| Date Taken: | 09.14.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 09.14.2017 11:24 |
| Story ID: | 248230 |
| Location: | GOLDSBORO, NC, US |
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