Jocelyn Luis Carrasquillo

Mr. Jocelyn “Joce” Luis Carrasquillo, 28, of Wilmington, died Saturday, March 13, 2004 while serving in the 120th Infantry Regiment of the National Guard in Iraq.

Joce was born at Peace Air Force Base in New Hampshire to Isabel Salgado Carrasquillo of Goldsboro and Ret. Captain (U.S.A.F.) Luis Carrasquillo, Sr. of Myrtle Beach, SC. He was a 1994 graduate of Southern Wayne High School and had been a student at Cape Fear Community College in the Occupational Therapist Assistant program. Joce had also been a student at Miller-Mott Technical College in Wilmington in the Massage Therapy Program. He was currently working with Sam’s Club in Wilmington.

A celebration of his life will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at The First Pentecostal Holiness Church in Goldsboro with Rev. Jimmy Whitfield and Rev. Bill Rose officiating. Burial with full military honors will be at Wayne Memorial Park.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brothers, Luis Carrasquillo, Jr. of Goldsboro, Kenneth “Kenny” Carrasquillo of Grifton and his twin brother, Ronald Carrasquillo of Goldsboro; and several nieces and nephews.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made in Joce’s memory to The First Pentecostal Holiness Church, 1100 The First Church Road, Goldsboro, NC 27534.

The family will receive friends Saturday from 6-8 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home and other times at the home of his mother, 1504 Peachtree Street, Goldsboro.