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A Watsonville newspaper reported, "Leslie Monroe, 22, Former Resident Dies in Air Crash."

Leslie Glenn Monroe was born in Washington State on October 10, 1929, to Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Monroe. At an early age he accompanied his parents to the Pajaro…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Norman Richards was one of the few men in history to survive a prolonged free fall from an airplane and live to tell about it.

Norman Orin Richards was born on December 4, 1918, in Alameda County, California. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy I.…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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The "Gun Wound Caused Korea Vet's Death" heading in a local news article alerted Watsonville of the death of "Tex."

Richard Allen Boyd was born on March 3, 1933, to Mr. and Mrs. William E. Boyd. Also sharing the family home on Palm Avenue in…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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"Bill Kizuka Dies at Naval Hospital" announced the Watsonville Register-Pajaronian.

Makio William "Bill" Kizuka was born in Watsonville, California, on April 22, 1931, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Kizuka. His parents had emigrated from Japan and his father…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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A World War II pilot returned with his flying skills to a navy plane that let him down.

Chester C. Johnson was born on March 19, 1921, in Santa Clara County, California, to Mr. and Mrs. Hans P. Johnson of the Springfield district of the Pajaro…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

"Army Reports Donald Eheler died in Red Hospital," announced the Santa Cruz Sentinel.

Donald LeRoy Eheler was born on November 2, 1928, in Alameda County, California, to Clarence and Bertha Eheler. During the 1930s, Bertha, accompanied by Donald…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Two pals joined a third buddy after serving as his pall-bearers during a Christmas holiday.

Richard James Mulholland was born in Watsonville, California, on August 26, 1928, to Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Mulholland. Richard spent his formative years…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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"'Bobo' Mathews, Who Never Lost Hope, Succumbed" noted the local newspaper.

Ernest L. Mathews was born in the Pajaro Valley in 1929, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mathews. He was raised in a family that included one sister and three brothers. Bobo, as he…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

Eugene Rogers was a US Marine who declared Santa Cruz to be his home; however, record of his residency has not been confirmed. California birth records indicate that Eugene Jerome Rogers was born on May 3, 1930, in Sacramento County, California.…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Vernon missed celebrating his twenty-second birthday by one week.

Vernon Joseph Pesenti was born in San Francisco, California, on November 24, 1929, to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Pesenti. His sister Phyllis and brothers Victor and Norman joined him in…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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