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# A Family United in Remembrance
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/voces-american-sons/extras/a-family-united-in-remembrance-r36liv/
- Published: 2025-12-16T08:05:20.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-16T08:30:22.000Z
- Description: Marines reunite at J.V. Villarreal’s memorial in a powerful ritual of healing.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: VOCES: American Sons, #ZZZ_Show_c0fd5ab6-93b4-493d-9ae5-7eed0c5e6a7a, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_fa556c23-48c0-4e9f-8754-8c6e9b3dc550, #extra

Each year, the men of India Battery 3/12 visit San Antonio to honor Cpl. J.V. Villarreal at his memorial alongside his mother and family. Marked by grief, love, and reflection, the annual gathering has become a profound tradition of healing, remembrance, and enduring brotherhood for a new, extended “family.”