Kern County Obituaries

Fernando B. Hannon 

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Marine from Mojave dies in Iraq
Private First Class Fernando B. Hannon died Aug. 15 from injuries received 
from enemy action in Al Anbar province, Iraq, the Marine Corps announced Tuesday. 
His family resides in Mojave and his place of residence was listed as Wildomar, 
California, near Camp Pendleton.

Bakersfield Californian Wednesday August 25, 2004

Marine death shocks family
Parents in Mojave will bury son who wanted to make his father proud
The parents of a Marine who died Aug. 15 in Iraq traveled from Mojave to Glendale 
Tuesday to make arrangements for his funeral.

The Department of Defense announced last week that Pfc. Fernando B. Hannon died from 
injuries suffered during enemy action in the Al Anbar Province in western Iraq. He was 19.

Hannon had been planning to become a Marine since middle school, his brother, Ricardo 
Hannon, said.
 
He joined the military partly to make his father proud. Spurgeon Hannon served in the 
army during the Vietnam War. Fernando also wanted to his mother, Hilaria Hannon, 
receive better medical care for her arthritis, his brother said.

Fernando Hannon enlisted in the Marines when the family lived in Wildomar in Riverside 
County. The Hannons moved to Mojave this October.

Hannon had been serving as a rifleman in Iraq for about two months. He was hit by 
shrapnel in an explosion and died a few hours later, his brother said. A buddy of 
his from boot camp, Pfc. Geoffrey Perez of Los Angeles, died immediately in the explosion.

Both were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 
I Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.

Military services for Hannon will be held at Forest Lawn Memorial in Glendale on 
Saturday. Burial will follow at Mojave Cemetery at 4:30 p.m.

An American flag stood at half-staff in front of the Hannon family's house in Mojave 
Tuesday. Red, white and blue streamers and yellow ribbons were woven around the pillars 
on the front porch.

Hannon looked forward to returning to California to get married and talked about 
becoming a chiropractor after his military service, his brother said.

When the family heard the news of Hannon's death last week, "everybody was shocked 
and broke down in tears, especially his fiancee," he said.

His fiancee, Ruth Ponce, 21, remembered him as unassuming and earnest. She was so 
taken with him at John Marshall High School in Los Angeles that she asked him to 
the prom during their senior year.

"He would laugh with his whole spirit," Ponce said. Tm just glad we found each other."

He had three older sisters, Alicia Tovar, Sonya Hannon and Sally Scott, and his 
younger brother, Ricardo Hannon

By QU1NN EASTMAN______
Californian staff writer
e-mail: qeastmanebakersfleld.com

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