BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The names of Western New Yorkers who died fighting in the Vietnam War are fading on the memorial at the Erie County Naval and Military Park, so a group of volunteers is working on restoring them.
The memorial was dedicated more than 40 years ago. But years of Buffalo’s harsh weather have worn away the paint, making the names increasingly difficult to read.
“You know the Buffalo weather. It’s taken off the paint,” Dan Frontera said.
Frontera, an Iraq War veteran, was at the memorial last Memorial Day with other members of the Iraq Afghanistan Memorial Committee when they noticed the names fading. That visit sparked a commitment to repaint the names…