At the Veterans Day ceremony at Gallup’s Courthouse Square on Nov. 11, 63 names were added to the memorial pillars thanks to the efforts of Howard Meehan of Silent Wing (Santa Fe), William Freer of Firefly Studios (Santa Fe), Veterans Committee volunteer Bebe Sarmiento of Gallup and Gallup Parks and Recreation Director Vince Alonzo.
World War II
Leonard Carillo
Richard “Cub” Carson
Felix Chicharello, Sr.
J. Fidel Encinio
Louis Keene Eskeets
Anacleto Gonzales
Lynn D. Hudgeons
Ralph C. Jordan
Alfonso “Al” Luna
Jose Leon Mazon
Basil L. Money
Charlie A Money
Crespin “Chris” Mora
George B. Olguin
Andy Piano, Jr.
Marion E. Riffle
A.L. Thomas
Jesus J. Yepez
Vietnam
C. W. “Bill” Clark
Frank A. Colaianni
Cipriano Curley
Leo Duran
John F. Encinio, Sr.
Robert L. Encinio
Dennison Eskeets
Emerson Eskeets
Richard I. Garcia
Clifford Hudgeons
Peter Johnson, Jr.
William Dale Kiger
Frank Kline
Robert Jerry Kline
Daniel Landovazo
Theodore N. Livingston
Ronald Richard Luna
David “D” R. Lopez
Everett D. Manuelito, Sr.
Teddy Nez
Jimmy Dale Parish, Sr.
Jerry R. Reyna
John Rodriguez
Michael K. Sekiya
Thomas W. Stokes
David M. N. Tafoya
Ernest A. Tavoya
Raymond Trujillo
Korean War
Juan C. Lopez
Persian Gulf War
Desert Shield
OIF/OEF
Franklin S. Begaye
Winston Mark Holyan
Joseph E. Garcia
Darrell Morgan
Erin Pablo Mulligan
Kevin J. Parish
Zack “Doc” Unale
Lonnie Al Watts
Jim B. Wilson
Peacetime
Tommy Becenti
Peterson Brown
Scott A. Clark
Fernando J. Garcia
John Rodriguez
Raul Sarmiento
Jim B. Wilson