As part of the service, there will be singing, lighting of candles and prayers said for the families of the victims, including former Los Gatos residents David Williams, Mark Bingham and Todd Beamer.

Williams, 32, was a Navy lieutenant commander who worked in the Pentagon. He lived in Springfield, Va., with his wife, Sara, and two small daughters; his son was born this April.

Williams was a mountain resident from 1978 to 1985, graduating from Lexington School and Fisher Middle School. The family moved away after Williams' sophomore year at Los Gatos High School. Ironically, had he graduated from the high school, he would have been in the same class as Beamer and a year ahead of Bingham.

Kathy Smith, Williams' mother, says her son played PAL soccer and Little League baseball and joined the Los Gatos High School track team. She remembers Williams entering the Dammit Run one year. "He was a big sports fan," Williams said.

"David loved Los Gatos High School," Smith said. "He really enjoyed the sports, the town, the people. We all did."

Williams earned an English degree from Virginia Military Institute and a master's degree in national security affairs from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. He served on three different ships before being assigned to the Pentagon in 2000.

"He was very laid back, relaxed, funny—even as a military officer," Smith said. Smith recalls the December 2001 service at Arlington National Cemetery, where other Navy officers eulogized Williams as "a combination of a very good officer and boss but also a very good human and easy to talk to."

After Williams' death, the family barely spoke to the press, but Smith recently contacted the Los Gatos Weekly-Times "because of the fact that David liked Los Gatos High so much, and to tell his friends, if some of them are still around."

On Sept. 11, the family will convene in Washington, D.C. for a memorial for those who died in the Pentagon. There will also be a burial at Arlington the day after for the remains, which were never identified.

Locally, clergy and lay people will conduct a prayer service that will include representatives from Congregation Shir Hadash, St. Mary's, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, the Baha'i Faith, Faith Lutheran Church, the Presbyterian Church of Los Gatos, Unitarian Fellowship of Los Gatos, Soto Zen Buddhist Community and the Arab-Jewish Dialogue Group. At least one person of the Hindu faith will also be present.

West Valley College will also observe a moment of silence at 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11 as part of its Day of Remembrance, coordinated by the school's Associated Students. A Marine color guard will raise the U.S. flag on the school's main flagpole, by the admissions office.

At 12:20 p.m., the school will hold a dedication ceremony for a memorial garden behind the student union.

The school is welcoming the community and families of the victims, including those of former West Valley student Nicole Miller.