Crowd bids Westphall farewell

Crowd bids Westphall farewell

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ANGEL FIRE — On a sunny summer day Saturday, July 26, Dr. Victor
Walter Westphall, 89, was buried with full military honors on a
hilltop overlooking the Moreno Valley — yards away from the Vietnam
Veterans National Memorial on a parcel of the Val Verde Ranch that was
his home the past 35 years.

Westphall died Tuesday, July 22, 2003, of natural causes in his
apartment at the memorial visitor center.

Saturday, several hundred veterans, family members, friends and
admirers paid tribute to the man who chose to honor Vietnam veterans
at a time when few, if any, would recognize their sacrifice, or their
suffering.

During Westphall’s funeral — conducted by retired chaplain John Snider
— friends and family paid tribute, including his sister Merline Kyle
and granddaughter Kimberly Westphal...

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