The city of Aurora government will honor Aurora heroes who paid the ultimate price in war with honorary street dedications this weekend.
Crowning events of Aurora’s month-long ‘Aurora Avanzando’ Hispanic Heritage Month initiatives, the three separate ceremonies to be held on Sunday, Oct. 10 are in tribute to the young Marines who were killed in action while on duty in Iraq:
- Lance Corporal Hector Ramos, 20, was killed in action on January 26, 2005.
- Lance Corporal Edwardo Lopez, 21, was killed in action on October 19, 2006.
- Lance Corporal Jesse DeLaTorre, 29, was killed in action April 16, 2007.
All three were graduates of East Aurora High School.
During the City’s Memorial Day ceremony earlier this year, mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin created a proclamation for each of their birthdays in their honor. Their legacies will now be further memorialized by dedicating streets of their childhood homes in their honor.
The three Gold Star Families family will be joined by mayor Irvin, a US Army veteran, to unveil the street signs.
Sunday, October 10, 2021
- 2 p.m. – Dedication Ceremony for Lance Corporal Edwardo Lopez. Intersection of Liberty St. & Schiller Ave in the 1100 block of Liberty St. (Lopez).
- 3 p.m. – Dedication Ceremony for Lance Corporal Hector Ramos. Intersection of Fifth Ave. & Smith St. in the 700 block of Fifth Ave. (Ramos).
- 4 p.m. – Dedication Ceremony for Lance Corporal Jesse DeLaTorre. Intersection of Jackson St. & North Ave. in the 300 block of Jackson St. (DeLaTorre).
— City of Aurora government