Veterans

Most tragic events resolve themselves in minutes. When they don't, they are known as (regardless of legal definition) wars. Veterans are those soldiers who have served during wartime, and many have named Davis home.

Resources and Memorials

See:

Memorial Union
Veterans Memorial Building Marker
Davis Cemetery Veterans Marker
Veterans Advising Services at UC Davis

Hi, I'm with a group that sends care packages to local troops a couple of times a year. We maintain a list of local military folks to get these packages out. If you know of somebody from the Yolo community serving in the military, let us know at [email protected] Thanks, Dave —DavidFeliz

Local Veterans

Ray Grelecki

WWII O.S.S. China-Burma-India Theater "Captain Grelecki jumped out of an airplane into Hanoi Aug. 22, 1945. He was one of the first Americans in postwar Vietnam and one of the very few Americans who ever met Ho Chi Minh."Baltimore Sun Later he was a founding member of the C.I.A. He was a UC Davis Lacrosse coach.

Ernest 'Ernie' Head

Owner of RV Storage and former head of the Agricultural Engineering Department at UC Davis.

Bob Redfield

Owner of Redfield Machine.

Jim Stewart

"All men and women that served honorably in the armed forces are veterans and I count myself as one." —JimStewart

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Daniel L. Predovich

Daniel L. Predovich was born 21 Oct. 1925 in Sacramento, California and died 10 Feb. 1987. He served in the Air Force during WWII, remained active in the Air Force reserves after the war, and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was superintendent of the Davis Joint Unified School District from 1975 to 1979. He received his bachelor degree from California State University, Sacramento and his doctorate in human behavior from U.S. International University in San Diego. He served as a school administrator from 1950 until his retirement from DJUSD in 1979, and was superintendent of several school districts in California, including Poway Unified School District in San Diego County, Los Altos-Mountainview Union High School, and Davis Joint Unified.