Kern County remembers fallen heroes as 180 names read at Vietnam memorial ceremony

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — For 7 years, the Portrait of a Warrior Gallery hosted their Welcome Home Ceremony on National Vietnam Veterans Day.

With over a hundred in attendance at the Lady Liberty Parking Lot, this year’s Welcome Home Ceremony added another portrait to the Vietnam Memorial Room at the Portrait of a Warrior Galley.

“They’re my family” said Justina Howell whose father served in Vietnam War. “So even though I don’t have a doctor, I have a whole hundreds of dads here in the community.”…

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