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Montebello Veterans Memorial
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
The Montebello Veterans Memorial is located on the north side of Montebello Park on Whittier Blvd between Park Ave and Taylor Ave. See map. |
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. |
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. |
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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