COFFEE4VETS on Veterans Day at Field of Healing and Honor at Pelona Vista Park, Palmdale.
Coffee4VETS Dedicated to Senior Veterans – In Memory and In Honor to them, both the Living, the Dead, the Fallen – the organization that honors our elder veterans weekly dedicated flags in their names at the Field of Healing and Honor for Veterans Day 2020. We could not name everyone, but we tried to honor as many as possible, owing to the action of the Board of Directors, and our Host, Jin Hur, of Crazy Otto’s – home of the weekly Coffee4Vets gathering, returning as soon as we are all safe!
Flags named in Honor of:
Lt. Gwendolyn Bolden, U.S. Navy. Korean War Era
Bishop Henry Hearns, Sergeant U.S. Army, Korean War
Jerry Lawrence, U. S. Marine Corps, Southeast Asia
Ed Galindo, U.S. Air Force Airman, Korean War
Walter Sapp, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Vietnam
Fred Barthe, Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard, Korean War
Art Ray, U.S. Navy, 3rd Class – World War II, D-Day, Tokyo Bay
Dean E. Murphree, U.S. Air Force, Staff Sergeant E5
Andy K. Giest, Sergeant U.S. Air Force
Jared Williams, Fireman – Contra Costa Fire
James Baker, Gunnery Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps, Gulf War
Waddell Moore, Master Sergeant – U.S. Marine Corps
LCpl Craig Hansen, U.S. Marine Corps
Ken Brazelton, U.S. Army Specialist E4
Robert D. Shackelford, U.S. Army
Jeremiah B. Williams – Law Enforcement Los Angeles
Robert Pelayo U.S. Marine Corps – Sergeant E-5
Jerral Hancock, U.S. Army –1st Cav, Iraq War, Purple Heart
Montfort Point Marines – First Black Marines Corps, WWII
Leonard Thornton, Master Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps, Korean War Era, Vietnam
R. Lee Ermey – Marine, Vietnam
Blanco Family Members:
Thomas Blanco Sr. U.S. Army PFC – Father
Juan Blanco, U.S. Army SP4 – 8TH Infantry
Nathan Blanco, U.S. Army Ranger – Brother
Thomas Blanco, Jr U.S. Army PFC Paratrooper – Brother
Atherine Shackelford, Registered Nurse, MSN – Daughter
Captain Lamar Davis, U.S. Army – Cousin
Robert Miller – U.S. Army – Brother-in-law
Dr. Taha Mansoor Ahmad MD