A battlefield cross is displayed to honor Cpl. Rene Ponce Avalos during a memorial ceremony at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 9, 2021. The Marines of Combat Logistics Battalion 31 held a memorial ceremony in honor of Ponce Avalos. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

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