Memorial Day 2016

May 4, 2016: The Veterans Memorial Fountain at Conejo Creek North Park in Thousand Oaks, California.

For several years, I have been keeping this list of Thousand Oaks residents killed in wars. In 2016 there are no new Conejo Valley residents to add. Something I'm very grateful for.

My annual Memorial Day list of Conejo Valley residents lost in war:

World War II

Listed on the Beyer Park Memorial for World War ll are:

Cleon Biddle - Air Force

John Hays - Army

Roy Spain - Army

Harold Wienke - Army

Richard Wienkler - Army

Vietnam:

Link to National Archives Vietnam War Database

Charles Ivan DeGraw - Army 1968

David Earl Farr - Army 1970

Eric James Hubberth - Air Force 1970

Colin Frank Jackson - Marine 1967

Larry Allan Jones - Marine 1968

John Clarence Shamel Marine 1967

Mark L. Brown

Ralph M. Butler

Michael A. Frattali

Dennis French

Brent A. Hayton

Sidney C. Howard

Donald B. McCoig

Robert G. Nally    

I could not locate any listings for Thousand Oaks residents lost in the Korean War in the National Archives Database

For Iraq/Afghanistan

Sean M. Corlew - Air Force 2002 Newbury Park High School Graduate

Anthony C. Melia - Marine 2007 Thousand Oaks High School Graduate

Francis L. Toner IV - Navy 2009 Westlake High School Graduate
 
Andrew J. Castro - Army 2010  Westlake High School Graduate

Brian M. Wolverton - Army 2009  Oak Park High School

These names are from Los Angeles Times California War Dead Database. Disclosure: I helped in locating many of the photos used in the Los Angeles Times War Dead Database.

May 4, 2016: Vietnam War Memorial plaque at the Veterans Memorial Fountain at Conejo Creek North Park in Thousand Oaks.