Sacramento Man Asks City Council To Update Veterans Memorial With Recently Fallen

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Sacramento man is on a mission to honor military veterans who were killed in action by making sure everyone who gave their life fighting for this country is remembered.

Jacob Harrer recently visited a special memorial at the Memorial Auditorium with the names of those who have given their lives in battle defending our country.

But he noticed something was missing.

"When I looked at the memorial I noticed it hadn't been updated since Desert Storm," he said. "So we've gone through 13 years of war in Afghanistan and also the war in Iraq and none of the 10 Sacramento natives killed in action were recognized in that memorial."

It didn't sit well with him, especially since one of those fallen soldiers was Tim Brown. On Tuesday night, he told city leaders the right thing to do was to update that memorial with the Marine who died in 2006 in Iraq and all the other local soldiers who have given their lives for the country.

The Sacramento City Council says it's looking into the issue.