Procession escorts fallen Marine Guillermo Willie Perez to Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery
NEW BRAUNFELS New Braunfels native Marine Lance Corporal Guillermo Willie Perez, who died during a training mission off the coast of California, will be laid to rest Thursday. A procession then escorted his body for burial at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery. WATCH: Marine killed in training accident escorted from San Antonio to New BraunfelsDue to COVID-19 restrictions, only family members were able to enter the gate at Ft. Sam Houston, officials said. The New Braunfels Police Department, and other local law enforcement agencies, provided a police escort during the funeral procession, from the church to Ft. Sam Houston. Perez died tragically on July 30 along with eight other troops when an amphibious assault vehicle sank off San Clemente Island, officials said.