Sunday, May 30, 2010
Honoring Vinny Ursillo - Memorial Day 2010
April 11, 1946 - September 26, 1968
Interred at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery October 1, 1968
Vinny lived on Roy Street, through the block from us. He was a friend of Kathleen's, and a member of the famous Class of '65. This is his senior picture form the school yearbook. He and Bobby Marshall, who lived across the street from us, were the neighborhood heroes. Together, they dominated our street football games, and later played four years on the Mount Miguel High School football teams.
To him, I was just somebody's kid brother, but I surely looked up to Vinny. Today I want to remember him, and ask you to think of him along with those you know who forfeited their own futures to preserve ours.
The monument shown here stands in front of the La Mesa American Legion Hall. Its bronze plaques list the names of some East County residents who lost their lives in the Vietnam Conflict. Thank you, Vinny.
LCPL Vincent James "Vinny" Ursillo 
Interred at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery October 1, 1968
Vinny lived on Roy Street, through the block from us. He was a friend of Kathleen's, and a member of the famous Class of '65. This is his senior picture form the school yearbook. He and Bobby Marshall, who lived across the street from us, were the neighborhood heroes. Together, they dominated our street football games, and later played four years on the Mount Miguel High School football teams.
To him, I was just somebody's kid brother, but I surely looked up to Vinny. Today I want to remember him, and ask you to think of him along with those you know who forfeited their own futures to preserve ours.
The monument shown here stands in front of the La Mesa American Legion Hall. Its bronze plaques list the names of some East County residents who lost their lives in the Vietnam Conflict. Thank you, Vinny.
LCPL Vincent James "Vinny" Ursillo 
# posted by Bradley L. Hill @ 9:36 PM 
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Thanks for posting about Vinnie, Brad. Although we were 4years younger than him, he was larger than life, who we all looked up to.
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