CalVet Hosts Ceremony Unveiling 31 New Names

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CalVet Hosts Ceremony Unveiling 31 New Names on California Vietnam Veterans Memorial

WHO: California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Honor Committee

WHAT: Public ceremony unveiling 31 new names engraved on the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial

WHERE: California Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Capitol Park, 15th Street and Capitol Avenue, Sacramento

WHEN: Sunday, March 29, 2015, 1:00 p. m.

INVITED GUESTS: California Veterans and their families, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Honor Committee, and elected officials. The event is free and open to the public.

BACKGROUND: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Honor Committee was created when Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed Assembly Bill 287 into law on September 6, 2013. The Committee is tasked with compiling a list of names of Vietnam Veterans from California to be added to the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Committee is also tasked with including the names of California Veterans who later died as a result of illness or injuries, including physical or mental injuries documented by the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, or licensed medical professionals, that can reasonably be assumed to have resulted from military service in the Vietnam War. Of the 31 names to be unveiled, 10 are California Veterans already engraved into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC and inadvertently not placed on California’s memorial. The remaining 21 names are California Veterans who died aboard the USS Frank E. Evans when the ship sank in the South China Sea on June 3, 1969. The destroyer’s home port was Long Beach. The unveiling occurs March 29, the day before “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. ”

For more information, visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Honor Committee web page at www.calvet.ca.gov/Vietnam.

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CalVet Hosts Ceremony Unveiling 31 New Names on California Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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WHO: California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Honor Committee
WHAT: Public ceremony unveiling 31 new names engraved on the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial
WHERE: California Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Capitol Park, 15th Street and Capitol Avenue, Sacramento
WHEN: Sunday, March 29, 2015, 1:00 p.m.
INVITED GUESTS: California Veterans and their families, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Honor Committee, and elected officials. The event is free and open to the public.
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More info at: http://www.calvet.ca.gov/Pages/CalVet-H ... orial.aspx