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Montebello Veterans Memorial
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IN MEMORY OF THE MEN
AND WOMEN WHO SERVED THIS NATION IN THE ARMED FORCES. THE CITIZENS OF MONTEBELLO DEDICATE THIS TRIBUTE MONTEBELLO VETERANS MEMORIAL MAY 30TH 1968 |
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Michael Ward Herrera U.S.M.C. Pvt 1st Class South Vietnam (Machine Gunner) 05/17/1946 - 04/10/1967 |
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Private United States Army Charles G. Vargas August 27, 1923 - October 24, 1944 Southwest China Sea |
Raul Antonio Guerra U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer 3rd Class (Journalist) Da Nang (Air Crash) 12/18/1942 - 10/08/1967 |
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Pvt. United States Army Jack O. Kraushaar World War II European Theater of Operations Nov 24, 1925 Feb 4, 1945 |
Captain Airforce Arthur Jack Johnson Dec. 31, 1953 Korea |
Nothing is dearer than life, but nothing is more precious than to live it in freedom |
Lance Corporal U.S.M.C. Reginald J. Rodriguez Oct. 15, 1948 - Feb. 17, 1969 Quang Tri, Vietnam |
Lieutenant U.S. Navy Donald Hester September 6, 1964 Aircraft lost over the North China Sea |
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Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Corp Grant Rea 1921 - 1944 South Pacific WW II |
Warrant Officer U.S. Army Gary Leroy Wesselman Aug. 6, 1948 - April 19, 1967 Vinh Long, Vietnam |
Specialist Four U.S. Army Stephen W. De Aro April 20, 1948 - May 12, 1969 Cu Chi, Vietnam |
Corporal U.S.M.C. William Parisi Nov. 21, 1947 - June 3, 1969 Quang Tri, Vietnam |
Major U.S. Marine Corp William David Moreland 7/27/41 - D.O.C. 8/5/74 Vietnam |
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Corporal U.S. Marine Corps Robert Allen Agar Sept. 24, 1950 Korea |
PFC U.S. Army Joe Frank Gayosso Dec. 1, 1950 - May 21, 1971 Quang Tri, Vietnam |
Salvador Bazulto Sgt. U.S. Marine Corp. July 28, 1946 - October 12, 1967 Quang Tri Province, Viet Nam |
Spec 4 U.S. Army Ralph Norris Lee May 20, 1950 - October 15, 1971 Phu Bai, Vietnam |
Sergeant U.S. Army James S. Kell Sept. 25, 1948 - Oct. 18, 1967 Bong Son, Vietnam |
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Daniel Gilbert Melendrez 2 LT U.S.M.C. (Pilot) North Korea (Air Combat Incident) 02/22/1930 - 10/15/1952 |
Sgt. HQ 4th Div. U.S. Army Tommy Roy Thomas 31 May 1947 - 27 September, 1969 Pleiku, Vietnam |
Captain U.S. Army Alphonso Roque Castro February 16, 1943 - November 4, 1969 Nha Trang, South Vietnam |
Warrant Officer U.S. Army Thomas L. Dives August 2, 1969 Chu-Lai, Vietnam |
3rd Co., 1st Inf., U.S. Army Wesley Nelson Moulton Jul. 17, 1895 - Oct. 15, 1918 France, WW I |
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The Montebello Veterans Memorial is located on the north side of Montebello Park on Whittier Blvd between Park Ave and Taylor Ave. See map. |
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Montebello Constitution Bicentenial Monument
| Located next to the Veterans Memorial is the Constitution Bicentenial Monument. It was dedicated to the people of the City of Montebello on October 10, 1987. |
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Each side has two panels. One side contains a panel with the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution
and a listing of its Articles, and another panel outlines the Bill of Rights.
On the other side there is a panel with a list of major donors and Commision members, and another that contains text below: |
| THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE |
| POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS |
| WHICH PROTECT THE DIGNITY AND |
| FREEDOM OF THE INDIVIDUAL |
| Right to worship God in one's own way |
| Right to free speech and press |
| Right to peaceably assemble |
| Right to petition for redress of grievances |
| Right to privacy in our homes |
| Right to habias corpus - no excessive bail |
| Right to trial by jury - innocent until proven guilty |
| Right to move about freely at home and abroad |
| Right to own private property |
| Right to free elections and personal secret ballot |
| Right to work in callings and localities of our choice |
| Right to bargain with our employers and employees |
| Right to go into business for goods and services in a free market |
| Right to contract about our affairs |
| Right to the service of government as a protector and referee |
| Right to freedom from arbitrary government regulation and control |
| CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT |
| DESIGNED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE |
| FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF IN GOD |
| TO PERSONALLY UNDERSTAND AND MAINTAIN THE |
| AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE, TO HONOR IT BY HIS OWN |
| EXEMPLARY CONDUCT, AND TO PASS IT ON INTACT TO |
| SUCEEDING GENERATIONS IS THE RESPOSIBILITY |
| OF EVERY TRUE AMERICAN. |
THE LIVING MEMORIAL
| A Memorial Tree is planted just south of the Bicentenial Monument. |
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| MONTEBELLO DEDICATES |
| THIS |
| LIVING |
| MEMORIAL |
| TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR |
| LIVES FOR GOD AND COUNTRY. |
| WORLD WAR II. MAY 30, 1946 |
| PRESENTED BY MONTEBELLO WOMAN'S CLUB |
| Items of Interest... |
| Related Links |
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Washington D.C. |
| National WW II Memorial |
| The Heritage Foundation |
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