Honoree: Jaygee N. Meluat


Jaygee N. Meluat
Dates: Died September 13, 2004
Hometown: Tamuning, Guam
Branch of Service: Marine Corps
Rank: Corporal
Player: Ziqin Zhou

Marine Cpl. Jaygee Meluat, 24, of Tamuning, Guam was assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, CA. He was killed Sept. 13, 2004, by enemy action in Anbar province, Iraq.

A native of Palau, a small island in Oceania in the western Pacific, and the youngest of 12 children, Cpl Meluat moved to Guam as a teenager. He graduated from George Washington High School, Guam in 1999.

Cpl Meluat’s dream was to serve in the United States military. He learned how to operate and maneuver an amphibious vehicle that could transport infantrymen from land to sea. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

He is survived by his wife, Melanie, and daughter, MiaCai. When he and his wife found out she was pregnant, they playfully tried to predict the gender of their first baby. Cpl Meluat wanted a girl, and she wanted a boy. He had to miss the birth due to training, but when his wife called him after giving birth, he teased her “I told you we would have a girl, I don’t know why you never listen to me.” Sadly, Cpl Meluat died on his daughter’s 3rd birthday.