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Lance Cpl. Alejandro J. Yazzie
Lance Cpl. Alejandro J. Yazzie, 23, of Rock Point, Ariz., died Feb. 16 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
By Steve Lynn The Daily Times
Ferlando Bitsui said his younger brother, Marine Lance Cpl. Alejandro J. Yazzie, told him not to worry when he was deployed to fight in Afghanistan. "He said, Don't cry for me, I'm coming home,'" Bitsui told audience members at Yazzie's funeral Friday. "And he's home." Yazzie's casket lay covered with the American flag at the Farmington Civic Center as an audience that nearly filled the theater mourned. Yazzie, nicknamed "Poncho," graduated from Rock Point Community School in 2004. The Four Corners area resident enjoyed bull-riding and was the president of the school's rodeo club and played football. A true cowboy, Yazzie loved horses and working outdoors, Bitsui said. Bitsui described his brother as physically and mentally strong. Once stung by a large bumblebee when he was a baby, Yazzie laughed, picked it up and let it go, Bitsui said. Yazzie first wanted to join the Marines when he was 6, Bitsui said, adding he was disappointed in Yazzie's decision to join, but accepted it and became proud of him. "My little brother defended our Nation and our country with respect and love and loyalty," Bitsui said. "And he paid it with his life, but he did it for what he believed in." |
Marine Saluting Courtesy Sgt Michal S. Williams
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