20 names added to Henderson Veterans Memorial Wall — PHOTOS

Twenty names were added to the Henderson Veterans Memorial Wall astatine the city’s yearly Veterans Day Ceremony connected Saturday.

Veterans, household members and metropolis leaders paid tribute to subject work members with the placing of a memorial wreath and presumption astatine the wall.

Born successful America’s defence during World War II, Henderson honors its war-born heritage, state’s the city’s website. “On Nov. 11, 1994, metropolis officials dedicated the lone Veterans Memorial Wall successful Southern Nevada, honoring those that person fought for our state to support the threads of state and ideology that are woven into the cloth of American patriotism.”

Originally determination were 1,213 names. Today the partition has astir 1,900 names of veterans and soldiers that person served our country.

The partition stands adjacent to Henderson City Hall. The partition honors deceased veterans that lived successful Henderson anterior to 1980, each Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War and Global War connected Terror veterans either surviving oregon deceased who were Henderson residents astatine the clip of their service, and soldiers killed successful enactment surviving successful Henderson from 1980 to present.

Contact Marvin Clemons astatine mclemons@reviewjournal.com. Follow @Marv_in_Vegas connected Twitter.