{"id":5710,"date":"2015-11-10T16:07:58","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T00:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/?p=5710"},"modified":"2016-01-21T11:01:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T19:01:27","slug":"veterans-day-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/veterans-day-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Day, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5710 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1593\" height=\"1195\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Mr. Ramos, Helen and Solomon\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando.jpg 1593w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1593px) 100vw, 1593px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5729'>\n\t\t\t\tArmando&#8217;s father, Carlos Ramos, Helen &#8220;Chunkie&#8221; Hernandez (&#8217;70), and Solomon Saenz\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2153\" height=\"1936\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Veterans.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"David and Ken in front of the memorial\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Veterans.jpg 2153w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Veterans-150x135.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Veterans-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Veterans-1024x921.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2153px) 100vw, 2153px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5730'>\n\t\t\t\tDavid &#8220;Chato&#8221; Gonzales (&#8217;59) and Alumni Committee Chair, Ken Harrison (&#8217;73)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando_suit.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando_suit.jpg 660w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando_suit-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando_suit-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5726'>\n\t\t\t\tArmando in a suit and tie\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando_portrait.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"School portrait\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando_portrait.jpg 672w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando_portrait-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando_portrait-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5725'>\n\t\t\t\tOne of Armando&#8217;s school portraits\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando_in-uniform.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Armando in uniform\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando_in-uniform.jpg 709w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando_in-uniform-106x150.jpg 106w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando_in-uniform-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5724'>\n\t\t\t\tArmando Diaz Ramos (&#8217;69) in uniform\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-on-car.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Armando on vehicle\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-on-car.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-on-car-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-on-car-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5723'>\n\t\t\t\tArmando\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-at-Graduation1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Armando in cap and gown\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-at-Graduation1.jpg 668w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-at-Graduation1-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-at-Graduation1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5722'>\n\t\t\t\tArmando at Graduation\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"641\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-and-Helen-Christmas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Armando and Helen\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-and-Helen-Christmas.jpg 641w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-and-Helen-Christmas-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Armando-and-Helen-Christmas-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5720'>\n\t\t\t\tArmando and his high school sweetheart, &#8220;Chunkie&#8221;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1014\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ramos-Armando-Senior-1969.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Armando&#039;s senior portrait\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ramos-Armando-Senior-1969.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ramos-Armando-Senior-1969-150x128.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ramos-Armando-Senior-1969-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3070.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Ramos and Arballo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3070.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3070-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3070-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5718'>\n\t\t\t\tCarlos Ramos, the father of Armando Ramos, and Bill Arballo (&#8217;42) our most senior veteran in attendance.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3068.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Arballo family grouping\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3068.jpg 750w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3068-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3068-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5717'>\n\t\t\t\tBill Arballo (&#8217;42), Mary Arballo Magana (&#8217;40), Theresa Arballo Barth and Loreta Arballo\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3059.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Solomon hugging Helen next to the Fallen Alumni memorial\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3059.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3059-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3059-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5716'>\n\t\t\t\tSolomon Saenz hugs Helen &#8220;Chunkie&#8221; Hernandez (&#8217;70), Armando&#8217;s fiancee.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3053.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3053.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3053-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3053-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5713'>\n\t\t\t\tSolomon Saenz speaks about the life of Armando Diaz Ramos (&#8217;69)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3051.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3051.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3051-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_3051-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5712'>\n\t\t\t\tVeterans Day attendees\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It may have been 12 years since our Fallen Alumni memorial was installed on campus, but U.S. Army corporal Armando Diaz Ramos, killed in service during the Vietnam era, received a hero\u2019s recognition on Veteran\u2019s Day, November 11, 2015<\/p>\n<p>In 1971, Armando Ramos Diaz (&#8217;69) was training in Germany prior to being shipped out to Southeast Asia. He and a fellow soldier were accidentally run over by a tank less than a month before he was to marry his high school sweetheart, Helen &#8220;Chunkie&#8221; Hernandez (&#8217;70).<\/p>\n<p>For some reason, he was left off the original Fallen Alumni memorial, possibly because Department of Defense records indicated Ramos wasn\u2019t initially reported as killed in action, or specifically in Vietnam. <\/p>\n<p>In September, close family friend and retired USMC warrant officer Solomon Saenz brought the issue to the Alumni Association, which made plans add Ramos\u2019s name and honor him in a special ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Heddy of Honor Life worked on the 2003 monument; he gladly came to the campus to engrave Ramos\u2019s name. There happened to be one spot left in the space dedicated to casualties of the Vietnam era. Ramos\u2019s name fit perfectly with his fellow fallen classmates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter high school, he was a ranger at Felicita Park. He loved the environment and wanted to make sure kids were safe playing in the outdoors,\u201d said Saenz during the ceremony, offered in both English and Spanish. \u201cHe was always a helpful, loving, respectful, humorous young man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he got the draft letter, he was honored to be asked to serve and protect his country,\u201d Saenz added.<\/p>\n<p>Over 50 family members, friends, alumni, and current students joined the unveiling of the monument\u2019s 20th name and to honor Ramos as a hometown boy.<\/p>\n<p>Ramos\u2019s father, Carlos, along with Hernandez, laid flowers beneath his name on the monument, to the cheers and tears from his numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins in attendance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alignright\"><em>\u2014Ken Harrison<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may have been 12 years since our Fallen Alumni memorial was installed on campus, but U.S. Army corporal Armando Diaz Ramos, killed in service during the Vietnam era, received a hero\u2019s recognition on Veteran\u2019s Day, November 11, 2015 In 1971, Armando Ramos Diaz (&#8217;69) was training in Germany prior [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1,6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-events","category-news","category-remembering","category-school-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdafoundation.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}