Thank you to the Community for joining us as we honored our Fallen Hero – Spc. Alex D. Gonzalez – with the dedication of a Mission park in his name.
U.S. Army Specialist Alex Daniel Gonzalez of Mission, TX, paid the ultimate sacrifice on May 6, 2008, at the age of 21, when his vehicle encountered small arms fire and a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Mosul, Iraq. Gonzalez was assigned to the 43rd Combat Engineer Company, 3rd Armory Calvary Regiment , Fort Hood TX.
Mission’s Alex D. Gonzalez Park is located at 2610 W. Exp. 83.