MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS IN OUR AREA: REMEMBER OUR HIGH DESERT SOLDIERS

By: Simone Graham – Editor HDG: Superintendent Lovingood: Please join in honoring and praying for our fallen veterans at one of the many Memorial Day services taking place Monday in our district.
- Victor Valley Memorial Park Memorial Day Service – Victorville, 8:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Service at 9 a.m.
- Desert View Memorial Park – Hesperia, Memorial Day a.m.
- Phelan Pinon Hills CSD – Phelan, Traveling Memorial Wall, 4176 Warbler Road, Phelan, 10 a.m. ceremony
- VFW Post 9415 – Phelan, Memorial Day Ceremony, 10 a.m.
- Wrightwood Memorial Day Ceremony, Veterans Memorial, 1274 Evergreen Road, 11 a.m.
- Oro Grande Cemetery, Memorial Day Flag Hoist and Prayer, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Sunset Hills Memorial Park – Apple Valley, Memorial Day Service, 12 p.m.
- American Legion Post 751 – Newberry Springs, Memorial Day Gathering, 2 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Let us take a moment to remember these brave High Desert soldiers who lost their lives during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. To all our veterans, we honor and thank you.
- Marine Lance Cpl. William J. Wiscowiche, Victorville; March 30, 2004; Anbar Province, Iraq.
- Army Sgt. Armando Hernandez, Hesperia; Aug. 1, 2004; Samarra, Iraq.
- Marine Pfc. Kenneth Lee Sickels, Apple Valley; Sept. 27, 2004; Anbar Province, Iraq.
- Army Cpl. Dale E. Fracker Jr., Apple Valley; Nov. 24, 2004; Afghanistan.
- Army Sgt. Maj. Robert D. O’Dell, Apple Valley; Dec. 21, 2004; Mosul, Iraq.
- Army Sgt. 1st Class James F. Hayes, Barstow; Nov. 6, 2005; Taji, Iraq.
- Army Spec. Jeffrey G. Roberson, Phelan; Nov. 28, 2006; Logar, Afghanistan.
- Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Phillip Daugherty, Barstow; July 6, 2007; Baghdad, Iraq.
- Army Sgt. James K. Healy, Hesperia; Jan. 7, 2008; Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
- Army Sgt. Guadalupe Cervantes-Ramirez, Fort Irwin; April 23, 2008; Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
- Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob I. Ramsey, Hesperia; April 10, 2009; Kabul, Afghanistan.
- Army Sgt. Robert Wayne Crow Jr., Victorville; July 10, 2010; Paktika, Afghanistan.
- Staff Sgt. Jason Reeves, Apple Valley; December 2010; Gardez District, Afghanistan.
- Spec. Christopher B. Fishbeck, Victorville; June 6, 2011; Baghdad, Iraq.
- Spc. Edward J. “Doc” Acosta, Hesperia; March 5, 2012; Wardak province, Afghanistan.
- Army Sgt. Brian L. Walker, Lucerne Valley; May 14, 2012; Bowri Tana, Afghanistan.
- Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey C. Baker, Hesperia, May 14, 2013, Sanjaray, Afghanistan
Source: WashingtonPost.com – National / Fallen
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