Fallen Marine comes home Published Oct. 22, 2010 By 95th Air Base Wing Public Affairs EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The remains of Lance Cpl. Joseph C. Lopez, United States Marine Corps, of Rosamond, Calif., return home from combat operations in Afghanistan. Lance Corporal Lopez, 26, died Oct. 14, while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. He arrived at Edwards via military air at 10 a.m. and was transferred to Lancaster, Calif., for final rites and under escort of his family, the USMC, and the Patriot Guard Riders.