Tracy in San Joaquin County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Tracy War Memorial

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, November 19, 2022

1. Tracy War Memorial Marker

Inscription.

Tracy War Memorial. . Middle Section: Dedicated to all men and women from the Tracy community who served their country in time of war An in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice. , Left Section: Those who made the supreme sacrifice, World War II Ray Wise . Carl Brown . E.J. Devine . Paul Poole . James Blair . Tony Stuitt . Dale O’Dell . John Czerny . John Hurley . Jack Corbett . Lloyd C. Gary . James E. Rehn . Harold Smith . Cecilio Lopez . Thomas Fowler . Noland Harris . Homer F. Henry . Milton Jensen . Lynn W. Riffle . James W. Smith . Arthur N. Haugh . Chester Nivens . Ogden Sannazor . James W. Wright . Ray M. Gutierrez . R. Lavelle Smith . Morris M. Phelps . Alfred P. Avila . Manuel O. Misquez . Fernando A. Reyes . John W. Henderson . Manuel Velasquez . Robert P. Chrisman . Daniel C. Gonzalez . Junior Harrington . Lauren J. Williams . Clarence S. Bromell . William C. Parreira, Afghanistan Daniel L. Hansen . David P. Senft. , Right Section: World War I James McDermott . Roy Frerichs . Thomas S. De Haven . Lewis A. Griffith . William V. Scheiger . Richard N. Coupe, Korea John L. Costa . Arthur Cooper . Edward Martin . Robert L. Smith . Francis J. Mello . Billy E. Freeman, Vietnam Vernon Berry . Robert Rusher . Manuel C. Neves . Richard Duncan . Donnie H. Russell . Jerry Standridge . William Pishner, Jr. . Larkin O. Vallerand . Raymond R. Enyeart, Jr., Operation Iraqi Freedom Joseph Menusa . Steven H. Bridges . Patrick McCaffrey . Jesse J. Martinez . Brandon C. Dewey . Tung M. Nguyen. , Center Marker: ”Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.”. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Plaque on the left bench: Tracy War Memorial Dedicated May 26, 1991, funded by community donations and constructed by the Tracy War Memorial Association John Gomes, President, Veterans of Foreign Wars . Jim Corso, Vice President, Veterans of Foreign Wars . Richard Blexrude, Secretary, Tracy Breakfast Lions Club . Elroy Cox, Treasurer, American Legion . Dorothy Zanussi, City of Tracy . John Serpa, Marine Corps League . Sam Matthews, Tracy Rotary Club . Sharon Kuderca, Boy Scouts of America . George Briggs, American Legion . Art Serpa, Veterans of Foreign Wars . Don Ridolfi, American Legion . Marie Arson, Boy Scouts of America . Edgar Guinn, Tracy Kiwanis Club . Ellis Saxton, Mt. Oso Masonic Lodge . Ruth Briggs, American Legion Auxiliary . Dolores Serpa, VFW Auxiliary . Lois Robinson, Tracy Hospital Auxiliary . Mike Trigueiro, IPFES . Roy Orsolini, Knights of Columbus . Manuel Garcia, Tracy Elks Lodge . Ron Dalton, Tracy Senior Citizens . Carl Trinkle, Tracy Lions Club . Jerry Johnson, Tracy Chamber of Commerce . Manuel Pimentel, Native Sons ★ ★ ★ Designer: Leon Rader . Builder: Amador East Bay Monument Co. . Project Manager: Robert McCarthy.

Middle Section:
Dedicated to all men and women from the Tracy community who served their country in time of war
An in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice

Left Section:
Those who made the supreme sacrifice

World War II
Ray Wise • Carl Brown • E.J. Devine • Paul Poole • James Blair • Tony Stuitt • Dale O’Dell • John Czerny • John Hurley • Jack Corbett • Lloyd C. Gary • James E. Rehn • Harold Smith • Cecilio Lopez • Thomas Fowler • Noland Harris • Homer F. Henry • Milton Jensen • Lynn W. Riffle • James W. Smith • Arthur N. Haugh • Chester Nivens • Ogden Sannazor • James W. Wright • Ray M. Gutierrez • R. Lavelle Smith • Morris M. Phelps • Alfred P. Avila • Manuel O. Misquez • Fernando A. Reyes • John W. Henderson • Manuel Velasquez • Robert P. Chrisman • Daniel C. Gonzalez • Junior Harrington • Lauren J. Williams • Clarence S. Bromell • William C. Parreira

Afghanistan
Daniel L. Hansen • David P. Senft

Right Section:
World War I
James McDermott • Roy Frerichs • Thomas S. De Haven • Lewis A. Griffith • William V. Scheiger • Richard N. Coupe

Korea
John L. Costa • Arthur Cooper • Edward Martin • Robert L. Smith • Francis J. Mello • Billy E. Freeman

Vietnam
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Berry • Robert Rusher • Manuel C. Neves • Richard Duncan • Donnie H. Russell • Jerry Standridge • William Pishner, Jr. • Larkin O. Vallerand • Raymond R. Enyeart, Jr.

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Joseph Menusa • Steven H. Bridges • Patrick McCaffrey • Jesse J. Martinez • Brandon C. Dewey • Tung M. Nguyen

Center Marker:
”Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Plaque on the left bench:
Tracy War Memorial
Dedicated May 26, 1991, funded by community donations and constructed by the Tracy War Memorial Association
John Gomes, President, Veterans of Foreign Wars • Jim Corso, Vice President, Veterans of Foreign Wars • Richard Blexrude, Secretary, Tracy Breakfast Lions Club • Elroy Cox, Treasurer, American Legion • Dorothy Zanussi, City of Tracy • John Serpa, Marine Corps League • Sam Matthews, Tracy Rotary Club • Sharon Kuderca, Boy Scouts of America • George Briggs, American Legion • Art Serpa, Veterans of Foreign Wars • Don Ridolfi, American Legion • Marie Arson, Boy Scouts of America • Edgar Guinn, Tracy Kiwanis Club • Ellis Saxton, Mt. Oso Masonic Lodge • Ruth Briggs, American Legion Auxiliary • Dolores Serpa, VFW Auxiliary • Lois Robinson, Tracy Hospital Auxiliary

Tracy War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, November 19, 2022

2. Tracy War Memorial

Left Section

• Mike Trigueiro, IPFES • Roy Orsolini, Knights of Columbus • Manuel Garcia, Tracy Elks Lodge • Ron Dalton, Tracy Senior Citizens • Carl Trinkle, Tracy Lions Club • Jerry Johnson, Tracy Chamber of Commerce • Manuel Pimentel, Native Sons ★ ★ ★ Designer: Leon Rader • Builder: Amador East Bay Monument Co. • Project Manager: Robert McCarthy

Erected 1991 by Tracy War Memorial Association.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 37° 44.267′ N, 121° 25.217′ W. Memorial is in Tracy, California, in San Joaquin County. It is on 9th Street near North School Street, on the left when traveling east. The black granite memorial is in the Civic Center Plaza, between the community center and senior center. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Tracy CA 95376, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the San Joaquin Valley

and specifically in the Central Valley.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tracy City Hall (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Tracy World War I Memorial and Honor Roll (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lincoln Highway (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Lincoln Highway (approx. 0.6 miles away);

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, November 19, 2022

3. Tracy War Memorial

Right Section

City of Tracy Station 96 (approx. 1.3 miles away); City of Tracy Station 91 (approx. 1½ miles away); Banta Inn (approx. 2.8 miles away); The Comet – 1846 – First Sail Launch (approx. 7.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tracy.

Another marker is no longer nearby. First Transcontinental Railroad (was approx. 7.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, November 19, 2022

4. Tracy War Memorial

Center

Plaque on Left Bench image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, November 19, 2022

5. Plaque on Left Bench

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, November 19, 2022

6. Tracy War Memorial

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, November 19, 2022

7. Tracy War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on November 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2022, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 627 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 26, 2022, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on November 27, 2022, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.