Fifteen young men from Edinburg lost their lives in Vietnam. PFC Luis Angel Alaniz, Army KIA: 02/05/70 PFC Juan Leonardo Contreras, Marines, KIA: 05/15/69 LTJG Edward Pillow Cooper, Navy, KIA: 12/05/71 SSG Teodoro Davila,Army, KIA: 04/28/67 PVT Victoriano Espinoza Jr., Marines, KIA: 01/09/68 LCPL Jose Manuel Gomez, Marines, KIA: 05/04/67 SGT Alfredo Gonzalez, Marines, KIA: 02/04/68 CPL Florentino Martinez Jr., Army, KIA: 11/28/68 SP4 Rafael Martinez, Army, KIA: 03/29/68 LCPL Jaime Arturo Salinas, Marines, KIA: 07/23/69 SFC Roy Rodriguez Salinas, Army, KIA: 01/16/71 LCPL Nolan Lester Simmons, Marines, KIA: 02/06/68 SP4 Noe Tamez, Army, KIA: 06/17/69 LCPL Homero Eliud Tijerina, Marines, KIA: 07/14/66 CPT Joseph Michael Wilsher, Army, KIA: 02/24/71 I do volunteer work for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation and the Education Center, which will open this year. Our goal is to have a photo to match every name that is on The Wall so that visitors can see the true cost of the war, the real loss of so much youth. So far, I have pictures for nine men from Edinburg, and I need your help. I was basically a kid when these guys died, so I didnt know them, but some of you might remember them or remember their deaths. The names I need photos for are: PFC Juan L. Contreras, DOB-07/13/47 LCPL Jose M. Gomez, DOB-10/26/47 SP4 Rafael Martinez, DOB-08/31/49 SFC Roy R. Salinas, DOB-03/17/40 LCPL Homero E. Tijerina, DOB-01/01/46 CPT Joseph M. Wilsher, DOB-06/09/41 Photos can be submitted to: vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces. If you have any difficulty or have any questions, contact me on FB or at RebecaJohnston15@gmail. I would like to encourage everybody to please take a moment to go to the VVMF website at VIRTUALWALL.org and leave a message for your fallen brothers on their Remembrance sites. Thanks!
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 00:38:54 +0000