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02 May 2003 SAN LORENZO HIGH SCHOOL VETERANS MEMORIAL PROJECT Eleven former San Lorenzo High School students died while in combat during the Vietnam War. Eight students graduated from San Lorenzo, three transferred from SLZHS before their graduation. In keeping with the desires of the San Lorenzo Veterans Memorial Program team members, all former San Lorenzo students are honored. Edward K. Ferguson Class of 1962 Gary A. Plumb Class of 1962 Michael A. Welch Class of 1963 James D. Burns Class of 1965 Willis G. Cardin Class of 1965 Gerald R. Henry Class of 1965 James D. Piper Class of 1965 San Lorenzo High School VETERANS MEMORIAL PROJECT Steve A. Srsen Class of 1965 David E. Barber Class of 1967 Michael W. Green Class of 1967 Gary L. Giovannelli Class of 1968 The SLZHS Veterans Memorial Project annually awards a scholarship to a deserving SLZHS student in honor of the men named above. Until recently Gunnery Sergeant Joseph Menusa, USMC, was a Marine Corps recruiter at San Lorenzo High School. A veteran of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, GySgt Menusa voluntarily left his recruiting billet in January 2003 for assignment to the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division. We now have the sad duty of reporting his death: Gunnery Sergeant Joseph Menusa, USMC Killed in Action in Iraq on 27 March 2003. In addition to his parents and two brothers, he is survived by his wife Stacy and son Joshua, age 3, of San Jose, California. He was buried with honors on 11 April 2003, Santa Maria Cemetery, Santa Maria, California. The team members have decided that the 2003 Veterans Memorial Scholarship will not be awarded to an SLZHS student, but will be presented to GySgt Manusa's son Joshua in the form of a savings bond. San Lorenzo High School Attn: Veterans Memorial Program 50 East Lewelling Boulevard San Lorenzo, CA 94580 Telephone: 510/317-3100 x. 2257 slzvets@yahoo.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall The Tet Offensive began at the end of January 1968 and by 06 February heavy fighting was the norm throughout much of South Vietnam. On that day Alpha Company, 2/327th Infantry, lost eleven men in Long An Province just south of Saigon. The men were 1LT Edward J. Kowski, Chicago, IL SGT Larry B. Hulsey, Gainesville, GA SGT Walter T. Pannell, Atlanta, GA CPL Paul J. Bachman, Wadsworth, OH CPL Edward J. Bova, Wayne, MI CPL Ronald W. Bryant, Detroit, MI CPL Willis G. Cardin, San Lorenzo, CA CPL Willie Garcia, Pueblo, CO SP4 Conrad E. Ross, Richmond, IN SP4 William A. Sawyer, Madison Heights, MI CPL Tennyson A. Thomas, Bessemer, AL

The point-of-contact for this memorial is those who remember, the SLZHS Veterans Memorial Project slzvets@yahoo.com 3 May 2003

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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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