Cheryle Cerezo-Gardiner fought tirelessly to upgrade her son Martin’s discharge to honorable, after he passed away in 2021.
PORTLAND, Ore. — In 1989, a young man named Martin Cerezo told his mother he wanted to join the United States Navy. He wanted to travel, to see the world, and to have some structure and discipline in his life.
Cheryle Cerezo-Gardiner said, she couldn’t agree more. But, she was worried about him.
“It was very scary to me,” she said, “And I told him that, and he said, ‘Mom, it’ll be fine, I’ll be fine. Nothing will happen.”
Not long after high school,
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