Javier F. Pong Jr.
Camp Pendleton, California, United States
Date of Birth: 5/25/04
Date of Death: 9/27/22
From: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Death Location: Camp Pendleton, CA
Cause of Death:
Pfc. 1st Class Javier F. Pong, a recruit at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, was pronounced dead at 9:20 p.m. on Sept. 27 at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton after he collapsed during training earlier that day. Marine Corps officials said he became “unconscious and unresponsive” and was taken to the nearby naval hospital.