A People’s History of the Inland Empire Digital Archive

2008 January Calendar Page, Month of January

2021.001.003

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A calendar page for January 2008 featuring New Year's Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day. An advertisement for Enrique Martinez, a State Farm agent, is in the lower left-hand corner. The Spanish word for January, Enero, is also on the calendar. At the bottom is an inscription memorializing the death of Cpl. Dario G. Vasquez, Born on Dec. 19, 1919, and passed away on April 2, 1943, at age 24. US Company C 6th Army infantry in North Africa. The calendar text reads "In loving memory of Capt. Dario G. Vasquez (12/19/1919 to 4/2/1943) served in the U.S. Army, Co. "C" 6th Army Inf. in North Africa. With love to the Gilbert Vasquez Family."

Mexican-American Military service

World War II

WWII North African Campaign

Commemoration

Memorialization

Death

Riverside (Calif.)
Inland Empire (Calif.)
North Africa

20th Century

Linda Salinas-Thompson, Rudy Diaz,
Bernasconi Graphic Design

2008, 1943

Riverside County Mexican American Historical Society (RCMAHS)

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English; Spanish