The Sons of San Jose ceremony on March 30 will include the reading of the names of all 142 residents who lost their lives during the war.
A decade ago, a small group of volunteers saw their dream realized after five years of working to have a memorial to San Jose’s Vietnam War dead placed downtown. And on March 30, the 10th anniversary of that memorial will be commemorated with a Remembrance Ceremony at the Guadalupe River Park’s Arena Green.
The Sons of San Jose board of directors poses in front of the downtown monument on Thursday, March 23, 2023. From left, Dennis Fernandez Sr., Sandra MG Fernandez, Mike Salas, Bill Otterlei and Larry Reuter. The program is scheduled to include remarks by San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and former Mayor Sam Liccardo. A third speaker will be Chuck Toeniskoetter, who has a special connection to the monument. Toeniskoetter Construction donated its services as general contractor on its construction, with Chuck supervising everything, and this year’s March 30 ceremony is within a week of the date he left San Jose as a U.S. Marine lieutenant for his first tour of duty in Vietnam in 1968.
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