Watsonville in Santa Cruz County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Men Die O Liberty That Thou Endurs

Watsonville Union High School Veterans Memorial

World War I Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, January 8, 2013

1. World War I Memorial

Inscription.

Men Die O Liberty That Thou Endurs. Watsonville Union High School Veterans Memorial. World War I: Men Die O Liberty That Thou Endurs 1918. Joseph Rebeiro . Lester Rowe . Reuben Silva . William Sullivan, World War II: Plaque 1: May the memory of those alumni of Watsonville Union High School Who gave their lives on the battlefield of World War II be enshrined in our hearts forever.. Plaque 2: Peter Dugger . William John Crosettil . Hurbert Curtis Jackson . Vernon Baker . Charlie Ojeda . Alfred Raymond Moore . Clarence A. Ray . Edward Darrell Pettus . Lloyd Benson . Carroll Sandholt . Sam Wong . William Joseph Bottero . John Chester Conley . George Dewey Kellog Jr. . James Howland Hart . Arthur James Earl . Boyd Friis . Carl Newton Riggs . Troy Vernon DeMoss . John Anthony Bobeda . Henry Izumizak . Julio Nevares Zepeda . Dan Schiavon . Espiridion Bernido . Robert A. Knox . Frank Joseph Jurach . Ceciel O. Fry . David Bernard McQuillen . Leroy Wayne Gillman . Albert Ernest Bode Jr.. Stanley Secondo . Harvey Larsen . Serratine Corrales . Eugene Edward McGarth . Vernon Huntsman . Jack Brink . Richard Lewis Harris . Paul D. Compton . Ed Lettunich . Vincent Peter Spikula . Ernest Julius Novak . Raymond Woodrow Davis . Paul Horiuchi . John William Crowe Jr. . Mahlon Alden Marshall . Victor L. Gosney . Jack E. Kirby . Robert Jay Wilson . Desmond “Stony” Spooner . William Richard Burns . Joseph Cowels Marsh . Mark R. Graves . Fredrick Theodore Flodberg . Harry Madokoro . Kenneth Lapham . Richard Kirby . Salvatore Campagna . Delfoad Louis Hamrick . William Earnest Kellogg . William Michael Weeks . Earl Leonard Velasco . Leo Edward Joseph Hoffman . Lester Cary Cloud . Vernon Ervin Trevethan . Joseph Hunter Heatwolfe . Robert Warren Struve . Joe Gillis . James Wilson Rickel Jr., Korea Let our fellow students who fought so far away never be forgotten. George C. Ashton . Richard A. Boyd . Frank Gfroerer . Paul Kane . Ernest Mathews . Daniel Murphy . Karl Lewis Polifka . Marvin Stevens . Roy Taylor . Ernest Bettencourt . Harold Mignola

World War I: Men Die O Liberty That Thou Endurs
1918 Joseph Rebeiro • Lester Rowe • Reuben Silva • William Sullivan

World War II:
Plaque 1: May the memory of those alumni of
Watsonville
Union High School
Who gave their lives on the battlefield of World War II be enshrined in our hearts forever. Plaque 2:
Peter Dugger • William John Crosettil • Hurbert Curtis Jackson • Vernon Baker • Charlie Ojeda • Alfred Raymond Moore • Clarence A. Ray • Edward Darrell Pettus • Lloyd Benson • Carroll Sandholt • Sam Wong • William Joseph Bottero • John Chester Conley • George Dewey Kellog Jr. • James Howland Hart • Arthur James Earl • Boyd Friis • Carl Newton Riggs • Troy Vernon DeMoss • John Anthony Bobeda • Henry Izumizak • Julio Nevares Zepeda • Dan Schiavon • Espiridion Bernido • Robert A. Knox • Frank Joseph Jurach • Ceciel O. Fry • David Bernard McQuillen • Leroy Wayne Gillman • Albert Ernest Bode Jr.• Stanley Secondo • Harvey Larsen • Serratine Corrales • Eugene Edward McGarth • Vernon Huntsman • Jack Brink • Richard Lewis Harris • Paul D. Compton • Ed Lettunich • Vincent Peter Spikula • Ernest Julius Novak • Raymond Woodrow Davis • Paul Horiuchi • John William Crowe Jr. • Mahlon Alden Marshall • Victor L. Gosney • Jack E. Kirby • Robert Jay Wilson • Desmond “Stony” Spooner • William Richard Burns • Joseph Cowels

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Marsh • Mark R. Graves • Fredrick Theodore Flodberg • Harry Madokoro • Kenneth Lapham • Richard Kirby • Salvatore Campagna • Delfoad Louis Hamrick • William Earnest Kellogg • William Michael Weeks • Earl Leonard Velasco • Leo Edward Joseph Hoffman • Lester Cary Cloud • Vernon Ervin Trevethan • Joseph Hunter Heatwolfe • Robert Warren Struve • Joe Gillis • James Wilson Rickel Jr.

Korea
Let our fellow students who fought so far away never be forgotten George C. Ashton • Richard A. Boyd • Frank Gfroerer • Paul Kane • Ernest Mathews • Daniel Murphy • Karl Lewis Polifka • Marvin Stevens • Roy Taylor • Ernest Bettencourt • Harold Mignola

Erected 1918.

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

Location. 36° 54.803′ N, 121° 45.151′ W. Marker is in Watsonville, California, in Santa Cruz County. Memorial is on East Beach Street west of Lincoln Street, on the right. The memorial is located at the Mello Center for the Performing Arts. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 250 East Beach Street, Watsonville CA 95076, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Judge Julius Lee House (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Lettunich Building (approx. ¼ mile away); This Gun Was Used (approx. 0.3 miles away); The City Plaza

World War II Memorial - Plaque 1 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, January 8, 2013

2. World War II Memorial - Plaque 1

(approx. 0.3 miles away); Kalich Building (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Mansion House (approx. 0.3 miles away); A Year to Remember in Watsonville (approx. 0.3 miles away); Porter Building (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Watsonville.

World War II Memorial - Plaque 2 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, January 8, 2013

3. World War II Memorial - Plaque 2

Korean War Memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, January 8, 2013

4. Korean War Memorial

Men Die O Liberty That Thou Endurs Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, January 8, 2013

5. Men Die O Liberty That Thou Endurs Monument

Photographed By Barry Swackhamer, January 8, 2013

6. Men Die O Liberty That Thou Endurs Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 24, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 1,069 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 24, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.