tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82624156450543533.post512076028848149640..comments2023-09-20T04:59:08.708-07:00Comments on GIGA GRANADA HILLS: Rededication of GHCHS Vietnam Memorial: Do You Know These People?L.J. Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16349372355620916149noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82624156450543533.post-35782371595255385112017-05-29T11:46:42.645-07:002017-05-29T11:46:42.645-07:00Was Team Manager for the GHHS Basketball Team. To...Was Team Manager for the GHHS Basketball Team. Toby Blankenbiller was the star forward of a team that made city playoffs. Nice guy. Always friendly to everybody and not a snob like a couple of others on the team. Tragic senseless death on the firing range at Fort Old during basic. Larry Strouse was a friend who lived on Index by Bob Pahlow. Nice guy and died in Nam after only three days. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429488127709454369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82624156450543533.post-4143579686665097552012-05-26T14:22:35.727-07:002012-05-26T14:22:35.727-07:00Many thanks; sounds like a great individual.
Joh...Many thanks; sounds like a great individual.<br /><br /> John Bafile is listed on the Granada Hills "Triangle" Memorial dedicated in the 1970s at the intersection of Zelzah and Chatsworth, but was not named at the high school, and that is why his name was added to the high school memorial. Unfortunately, there are no public comprehensive records for the high school. <br /><br /> In the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82624156450543533.post-43084085801284555102012-05-26T13:06:33.738-07:002012-05-26T13:06:33.738-07:00I was a friend and basketball team mate of John Ba...I was a friend and basketball team mate of John Bafile in high school. He never attended Granada Hills High School, but rather James Monroe (from Sept. 1960 to June 1963). He was a very good athlete - among the school's best in basketball (2nd team all East Valley League as a guard) and track (around 6 feet in the high jump, as I remember). Most of all, he was a good man and friend. His Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82624156450543533.post-31049121212522383762012-05-26T07:53:47.013-07:002012-05-26T07:53:47.013-07:00Nice story in the Daily News today:
http://www.da...Nice story in the Daily News today:<br /><br />http://www.dailynews.com/ci_20715505/granada-hills-charter-high-student-updates-vietnam-memorialAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com