Oscar-De La Garza-Obituary

Oscar De La Garza Jr.

Santa Ana, California

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De La Garza, Oscar, Jr., 67, a 20-year San Clemente resident, passed away on October 17, 2010 after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. His loving family was at his side. Mr. De La Garza was born on February 1, 1943 in Raymondville, Texas. He was a 20-year veteran with the U.S....

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October 17, 2025 Hi Hon, it is so hard to believe that it has been 15 years since you left us, not of your choice or ours. This day is always remembered and will never forget. So much has happened since you left us, especially having two beautiful granddaughters, who are now 13 yrs old, and so beautiful and smart and loving girls. They never knew you before you left, but they sure do know you and know that you are their Papa. This website has been difficult to access with Legacy making...

Oscar and I go all the way back to Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Brigade, at Kaneoho, HI. I was Chief Clerk and trained him to be the outstanding clerk he was. We saw each other briefly in Vietnam when he was a sergeant and chatted a couple of years ago on the phone. My heart has sunk a little lower in my chest, never to rise again. RIP my friend.

T. R. Smith
Former Staff Sergeant, USMC
Semper Fi
8 August 2011

Estimado Oscar, no te conocí personalmente, ahora que Dios Te tiene en su gloria, es tarde para conocernos, siento que hubiéramos sido muy buenos amigos, pero en el cielo de los justos espero encontrate, tenemos algo en común, nombre, apellido y la dicha de haber formado una familia. y creer en Dios, rezo por Ti y por los tuyos,