Gravestone of Del Norte soldier killed in Viet Nam Courtesy photo Memorial Day 2025 remembers the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice overseas in preserving the way of life and culture in America.Veterans of Foreign War Post Commander Lt. Colonel David Cooper welcome the audience of about 200, including the Del Norte High School Marching Band. Colonel Cooper also chimed the bell for each of the 44 Del Norters who made the ultimate sacrifice. Chaplain Michael Burton invoked a prayer and Veteran Scott Rogers read the World War I prayer, “In Flanders Field” at the Crescent City Cemetery, last Monday Memorial Day.#placement_573654_0_i{width:100%;max-width:550px;margin:0 auto;}var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6);var pid573654 = window.pid573654 || rnd;var plc573654 = window.plc573654 || 0;var abkw = window.abkw || '';var absrc = 'https://ads.empowerlocal.co/adserve/;ID=181918;size=0x0;setID=573654;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid573654+';place='+(plc573654++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER';var _absrc = absrc.split("type=js"); absrc = _absrc[0] + 'type=js;referrer=' + encodeURIComponent(document.location.href) + _absrc[1];document.write(''); (L-R) Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 1381 Commander Lt. Colonel David Cooper (ret), Del Norte Superior Court Judge Robert Cochran (ret) Post Chaplain Michael Burton, Scott Rogers reciting poem in Flander’s Fields Courtesy photo Retired Crescent City Police Chief read the names of the 44 who perished in combat over the decades.In Remembrance:* Roscoe : “Rocky” Earl Peterson-WWII* PVT Harry Green-WWII* SFC Harry “Sy” Blake Jr- Korea* CPL Ralph Westley Wakefield- WWII* CWO Howard Earl Cramblet-Viet Nam* PVC Calvin Richards- WWII* Bruno Giancarlo DeSolenni- Afghanistan* SGT Clarence William Mager- WWII* PVT Edward Dean Lockett- Viet Nam* SP4 Paul Otto Klotz-Viet Nam* ARM3 Harvey Moorehead- WWII* PFC Lewellyn Norris- Korea* LTJG William Richard Clements- Viet Nam* PVT Wayne Alfred Larson- WWII* PFC Richard Kenneth Wells- Viet Nam* TEC5 Frank Isle, Jr- WWII* SGT Otto Thorsen Waycott- Persian Gulf* S1 Edward Donald Crenshaw- WWII* CPL Raymond Calvin Guest- Viet Nam* PVT Melvin Brown- WWII* SGT Robert “Gary” Owen- Viet Nam* SP4 Hima “Mac” Duncan- Viet Nam* 1LT Clifford Kamph- WWII* PFC James Charles Tomasini- WWII* SGT Richard Allen Essex-Afghanistan* PFC Jack Orville Surwald- WWII* BM3 Donald Wilfred Shanks-Viet Nam* PVT Earl Leonard Brown- WWII* SP4 John Robert Klotz- Viet Nam* 1LT Donald Carlysle Engh-Korea* PFC Floyd Henry Pilgrim-WWII* TSGT Sylvester “Buck” Clinton-WWII* SP4 Gene Austin Mitchell-Viet Nam* CPL Arden “Jack” Edwin Mattz- WWII* PFC Leonard George Greville-Viet Nam* Daniel Snow Bradford- 9-11* PVT Gordon Bernard Barry- WWII* SP4 David Guy Cummings- VietNam* PFC Virgil William McClung- WWII* LCPL James Henry Whisenhunt- Viet Nam* SFC Robert Christian Nelson- Korea* PVT Normal “Bud”- WWII* SPC Mason Andrew Molina- Afghanistan* EMT Seth Whitehouse Castagnola- Afghanistan googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1515727'); });