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Volunteers, from left, Fernando Quintero and Thony Juarez of Luke Renniger Log Homes, James Morrell, Troy Claussen, and Jorje Salas, who is also with Luke Renninger Log Homes, put the finished wiring and walls up Monday in time for the unveiling of the Rio Blanco County Veterans Memorial on the front lawn of the Rio Blanco County Courthouse in downtown Meeker. The statue will be unveiled and dedicated following the Fourth of July Parade on Thursday. The VFW chapters in Meeker and Rangely raised $120,000 in cash or in-kind work to complete the statue, which honors all veterans of all wars and peacetime from Rio Blanco County. Former Marine Sgt. Tom Kilduff, past commander of the Meeker VFW, said Rio Blanco County has one soldier still missing in action from Vietnam, U.S. Air Force Capt. Mark Giles Danielson, who had his AC-130A shot down June 18, 1972.
Volunteers, from left, Fernando Quintero and Thony Juarez of Luke Renniger Log Homes, James Morrell, Troy Claussen, and Jorje Salas, who is also with Luke Renninger Log Homes, put the finished wiring and walls up Monday in time for the unveiling of the Rio Blanco County Veterans Memorial on the front lawn of the Rio Blanco County Courthouse in downtown Meeker. The statue will be unveiled and dedicated following the Fourth of July Parade on…

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