Arcadia Vietnam War Monument

The Founder

Gene Glasco

Gene Glasco enlisted in the united states navy in 1967. He was deployed to south Vietnam’s Mekong delta in 1969.

Gene is a native Californian. Once in Vietnam, Gene was first assigned to Naval Support Activity- Nha Be (nah-bay) as a Radioman in the communications center.

Gene Glasco Founder

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VIETNAM WAR MONUMENT

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Every generation has been asked to make their own sacrifices to protect the values that America stands for but only veterans of the Vietnam war were asked to do so much without the support of a grateful nation.

Picture from Vietnam War. Men n the ground with helicopter in the background

Construction of The Arcadia Vietnam War Monument was made possible by community donations and was gifted to the County of Los Angeles, to forever honor the City of Arcadia’s sons who were casualties of the war in Vietnam.

Statue of men in Vietnam from Washington D.C.

Every generation has been asked to make their own sacrifices to protect the values that America stands for, but only the veterans of the Vietnam war was asked to do so much without the support of a grateful nation.

Upcoming Events

LIGHTS ON OUR HEROES

To forever remember our heroes of the Vietnam War, lights were donated to the Arcadia Vietnam War Monument. The lighting ceremony was held on May 26th, 2018. At dusk, we counted down to the lighting of the Vietnam War Monument to forever have the names of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice always seen 24 hours a day and night.

Tribute to Veterans and Military Families

Host by Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger.
Thank you to everyone who attended. As always it was a success!