CA Vietnam Memorial Name Additions - 3/29/15

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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 http://www.calvet.ca.gov/Vietnam.



Download PDF Flyer: http://www.vvacalsc.com/files/CVVM_Names_Event_Flyer.pdf

[boardman]

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

Sacramento – On Sunday, March 29, 2015, at 1:00 p.m., the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Honor Committee, and the Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 500 Sacramento Valley host the unveiling of 31 new names engraved on the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Capitol Park.

"CalVet is privileged to honor our Vietnam Veterans who died in service to our country," said CalVet Acting Secretary Debbie Endsley. “Sunday’s poignant ceremony provides our state an opportunity to display our everlasting gratitude.”

Among the 31 additional names are 10 California Veterans already engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the District of Columbia. The remaining 21 names are California Veterans who died aboard the USS Frank E. Evans when the destroyer sank in the South China Sea on June 3, 1969.

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. Under the provisions of the law, written by Assemblymember Jim Frazier, Jr., the Committee must compile a list of names to be added to the memorial by November 1 of each year. The unveiling occurs March 29, the day before “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day” events scheduled for March 30.

For more information, including each Veteran’s name and home town, please visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Honor Committee web page at www.calvet.ca.gov/Vietnam.

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