PROJECTS
A home for Vietnam Veteran Jesse Herrera
Operation TRIAGE has the honor to team up with Jon Wayne Service Company to provide Vietnam Veteran Jesse Herrera and his daughter a new home where once his childhood home had stood! Operation TRIAGE and John Wayne Service Company surprised Jesse and his daughter on September 14th, 2021 and demolition is to start immediately!
Jesse (76 years old) is a combat veteran that served in Vietnam from February 1965 – February 1969 and was wound twice in action (gunshot and shrapnel wound). As many veterans returning home from Vietnam, Jesse faced a constant daily struggle trying to return to civilian life and it has taken many years of treatment and therapy to find his new normal.
In 2007 Jesse moved back to his childhood home to care for his ailing mother who passed away in 2015. Operation TRIAGE got involved with Jesse at that time and through a lot of legal work was finally able to get the property in Jesse’s name.
We at Operation TRIAGE can’t thank Jon Wayne Service Company enough for taking on this huge project and for changing the lives of Jesse and his daughter!
Along with completing the home, we are working with restocking the home with new furniture and household goods. We have stated a registry at Target and if you have the ability to help please click on the link below and see what is needed:
https://www.target.com/gift-registry/gift/jesse-herrera-home
We will be adding to the registry as we continue to think of needs for the family. Any support or help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you all and God bless,
V/R
Daniel E. Vargas, TSgt, USAF (retired)
President/Founder, Operation TRIAGE
Sergeant First Class Randy Hargis
Thanks to Veterans United Foundation, Operation TRIAGE has started the
Sergeant First Class Randy Hargis basement remodel (This is a story about his last deployment: https://www.stltoday.com/news/special-reports/heroes/from-ground-zero-to-a-roadside-bomb/article_ddb5611a-fe72-5116-b767-b499aeaaf1bd.html)! Randy's home flooded when the municipal stormwater pumps failed during a Storm and needs our help and support in getting it repaired.
Randy sacrificed so much for country and the flood has destroyed his basement, most of his stored belongings, and destroyed most of his irreplaceable deployment/service memorabilia.
Operation Triage still NEEDS YOU in giving Randy and his family a hand up! Please give what you can so we can get Randy and his family lives back on track. All donated proceeds can be requested for allocation to Randy’s project and anything donated beyond that need will go towards the many other Veterans and First Responders we help. As such, please take a moment to review this story and share or help in any way you can.
Thank you and God bless,
V/R
Daniel E. Vargas, TSgt, USAF (retired)
President/Founder, Operation TRIAGE
