Marcos A. Cintron

Spc. Marcos A. Cintron, age 32, of Orlando, Florida, died on June 16, 2011, at a medical facility in Boston, Mass., of wounds suffered June 6 at Baghdad, Iraq, when insurgents attacked his unit with indirect fire. 

He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Marcos Cintron was a cannon crew member. He joined the Army in February 2010.

He is survived by numerous loving family members, including his 2 children, his 6 siblings and his father Wilfrido Cintron.

Raphael, Archangel, pray
for Marcos. 

Family members remember Marcos as happy and a hero and that he wanted to serve in the military from a young age. 

Marcos Cintron’s two daughters, ages 11 and 13, recalled a father who took them surfing and horseback riding and was “the best dad.”

Let us pray to God the Father, Jesus, all of the saints and all of the angels that Marcos A. Cintron is in heaven. Let us pray that he is at peace and is with God. Amen.