APPRECIATION DINNER Remembering the fallen

An estimated 150 people attended the Organizacion Civica y Cultural Hispana Americana’s 11th annual Hispanic Veterans Appreciation dinner Saturday at OCCHA on Youngstown’s South Side to honor those who served their country. Also remembered were 61 Hispanic veterans who are deceased and one considered missing in action:

Monico Arroyo

Anibal Burgos

Melvin Caraballo

Bartolo Casillas

Modesto Cintron

Delfin Colon

Pedro Colon Jr.

Pedro Colon Sr.

Jimmy Crespo

Rufino Cruz Jr.

Isabelo Garcia Delgado

David Flores

Julio Fuentes

Jaime Garayua Sr.

Clemente “Papo” Gomez

Amalio Gonzalez

Crispin Gonzalez

Hipolito Gonzalez

Jaime Torres Gonzalez

Francisco Guzman

Luis N. Hernandez

Peter N. Hernandez

Manuel Laboy

Monte Lopez Sr.

Esteban Lugo

Juan Maldonado

Enrique “Hank” Montalvo

Francisco “Paco” Montalvo

Paul Morales

Adrian Munoz

Angel Nieves

John Oquendo

George L. Ortiz Jr.

Ricky Ortiz

Carmelo Pagan

Ferdinand “Chickie” Pagan

Hector Pagan

Louis Pagan

Richard “Rico” Quinones Jr.

Ramiro Quirate

Luis Ramos Sr.

Adonis Ramos

Adolfo Rivera

Christopher J. Rodriquez

David Rodriquez

Efrain Rodriguez

George Albert Rodriquez

Kory J. Rodriquez

Rafael Rodriquez

Rafael Romero Sr.

Quintin Pacheco Sanchez

Jorge Saandoval Sr.

Ramon Luis Solis

Miguel Tirado

Louis “Tony” Torres

Luis Torres

Candido Torres

Arcadio Torres Suarez

Jose Ariel Vasquez

Richard Velez

Jose Villanueva

Missing in action is Porfirio Gonzalez, who fought in the Korean War