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WARNER ROBINS, Ga. – Soldiers, veterans, community leaders and family members memorialized the Macon Army Reserve Center in Warner Robins to a fallen Soldier on Aug. 1st by dedicating the building to Spc. Daniel Gomez. The 81st Regional Support Command hosted the ceremony at the reserve center which opened in 2011.
“The Army Reserve is proud to join the Warner Robins community in honoring the life of this great Soldier,” said Maj. Gen. Janet Cobb, Commanding General, 81st RSC. “He was a son, brother, uncle, battle buddy, friend, Army medic, American Patriot, American Soldier, may God bless his memory and be with his family and friends as we dedicate this beautiful army reserve center named in his honor.”
The newly named Army Reserve Center is one of 275 reserve centers the 81st RSC maintains and operates in the nine-state Southeast region including, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
“Each of these [reserve] facilities were named for someone because of great service or honorable deeds, today, we’re memorializing this center in honor of Gomez for his service, deeds and roots in this community,” said U.S. Army Reserve Ambassador from Georgia, Bill Johnson.
While attending Warner Robins High School Gomez was a member of the Air Force JROTC. He originally wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and join the Air Force and after high school he was accepted into the Cadet Corps at Texas A&M.
Not ready to go to college, Gomez attended the Georgia Military Academy. Still interested in joining the military, he wrote a paper on Army medics and decided he wanted to become one.
In June 2005, Gomez enlisted in the U.S. Army as a combat specialist. He deployed with the 1st Infantry Division, Schweinfurt, Germany, in January 2006 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Gomez, ‘Doc’ as he was called by his unit, participated in numerous combat patrols in Northeast Baghdad and Adhamiyah, Iraq.
As a combat medic, Gomez was committed to the health and well-being of his fellow Soldiers.
Gomez died on July 18, 2007, due to injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device and small arms fire attack while deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Gomez’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon with numeral 2, Army Good Conduct Medal, Combat Medic Badge and Presidential Unit Citation.
Gomez is buried in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio. He is survived by his parents, Juan and Juanita Gomez, his brother Louis and his sister Mari Anne Orahood.
| Date Taken: | 08.01.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 08.19.2015 14:01 |
| Story ID: | 173598 |
| Location: | WARNER ROBINS, GEORGIA, US |
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