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Tracy has picked out new subdivisions in which streets will be named after troops killed in the Iraq war. By John Upton
 Glenn Moore/Tracy Press - Joseph Menusa Lane, near Lowell Avenue and Corral Hollow Road, was named for Sgt. Joseph Menusa after he became the first serviceman killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003. Tracy casualties of the war in Iraq will be honored in new Tracy neighborhoods, following a 20-year-old City Council policy to name at least one street in every new subdivision after a resident killed while serving in the armed forces. Tracy casualties of Operation Iraqi Freedom will be honored on street signs in new Tracy neighborhoods.
A 20-year-old City Council policy instructs developers to name at least one street in every new subdivision after a current or past resident killed while serving in the armed forces.
“In the late 90s, we ran out of names, which was great,” planner Victoria Lombardo said Thursday, “and now, unfortunately, we have new ones.”
Sgt. Patrick McCaffrey lived on a street named after one of Tracy’s casualties of the Vietnam War until he was killed in Iraq in 2004.
“After he found out he was going to deploy,” said McCaffrey’s mother, Nadia McCaffrey, “he said, ‘Well, I hope there’s not going to be a street named after me.’ Of course, we laughed at the time.”
A street named after Patrick McCaffrey will be in the Southgate subdivision, according to Lombardo, which is being built south of the western end of Schulte Road.
“My grandson is now 12,” Nadia McCaffrey said. “He was talking about it this Memorial weekend, and I said, ‘Yeah, if you’re patient, we will be able to go into the street that’s named after your dad.’ He’s really excited — he always asks about it.”
A street there will also be named after Sgt. Steven Bridges, who died in December 2003. His mother, Loretta Bridges, said Thursday she was excited by the news.
Streets in the Yosemite Vista subdivision will be named after Pfc. Jesse Martinez and Lance Cpl. Brandon Dewey. Yosemite Vista is being built east of MacArthur Drive and south of Schulte Road.
“It will keep Jesse’s name and him alive in the town’s eyes,” Martinez’s mother, Jan Martinez, said Thursday.
A street will be named after Sgt. 1st Class Tung Nguyen in Tiburon Village — a 103-home project planned northwest of the corner of MacArthur Drive and Valpico Road. Kimball Hill Homes spokesman Bill Stanton said he expects home construction to begin in Tiburon Village next spring.
Joseph Menusa Lane, near the corners of Lowell Avenue and Corral Hollow Road, was named for Sgt. Joseph Menusa after he became Tracy’s first serviceman killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003.
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