Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Oakridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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paulspaper
N 39° 49.190 W 089° 39.749
16S E 272120 N 4411152
This powerful granite monument and it's eternal flame pay tribute to the 2,981 Illinois residents who served in the Vietnam War and died or are still missing.
Waymark Code: WM256F
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2007
Views: 125
Beautiful Vietnam War Memorial located at Oak Ridge Cemetery. A Korean's War Memorial and a World War II Memorial are closeby.
The center of the Memorial is an eternal flame supported by five vertical gray granite walls, each representing a branch of the armed services. Radiating from the vertical walls are five polished black granite horizontal walls, enclosed by a low circular wall forming five courtyards. The names of the dead and missing in action are carved into the black granite.