Mount Mestas
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Mount Mestas Memorial
Huerfano World
June 12, 2003
The Mount Mestas Memorial was rededicated Memorial Day at its new location on the grounds of the Colorado State Veterans Nursing Home in Walsenburg. The memorial originally was placed at the base of Mount Mestas near La Veta Pass in honor of Huerfano County resident Felix B. Mestas Jr., who was killed during World War II in Battaglia, Italy. The memorial also lists the names of other Huerfano County residents who died in foreign wars.
For your information the memorial reads:
MOUNT MEASTAS MEMORIAL
IN HONOR OF
FELIX B. MESTAS JR.
BORN AUG. 23, 1921 LaVETA, COLO.
DIED SEPT. 29, 1944 MT. BATTAGLIA, ITALY
WE PAY TRIBUTE
First Row:
Paul D. Andrews
Soterios Langelos
Lee L. Archuleta
James W. Babbitt
Albert Bain
Felix Farros
Robert Cordova
Amando Gomez Jr.
Esequiel Armijo
Gilbert G. Martinez
Walter L. Laney
Geo. F. Oswerk
Albert Quintana
George Smalley
John P. Tice
Peter P. Verbich Jr.
Malaquias Vigil
Earl L. Wiliburn
Lucindo Archuleta
George Bechaver
Monico J. Cortez
Francis B. Denton
Gabe Duran
Stephen J. Glinsky
Joe E. Griego
Bibian Gonzales
Austin R. Hubbard
Elbert L. Kitchen
Leonard Martinez
Pedro C. Maes
Felix B. Mestas Jr.
John Naglich
Second Row:
Jose J. Ortivez
Joseph R. Trujillo
Matt Trujillo
Eutimio Valdez Jr.
Jesus M. Vigil
Ralph Weir
Daniel L. White
Henry Dunich
Joe Costello
Tom Dunich
Ralph Roybal
R. F. Dickinson
Henry J. Vigil
Warren Farrar Jr.
Joe Medina
John Christoff
Pete Chavka
John Mestas
Jack Holderman
Ralph Hendrix
Rumaldo Trujillo
Willie Zanon
James Gonzales Jr.
Frank Stuble Jr.
Mike Buku
John Archuleta
Robert Hendrix
Robert Choin
Francis McKenna
Andrew Dick Jr.
George Lucerne
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V.F.W. Wars 2643 Walsenburg, Colo.
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