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 Post 5327 - Sgt. Bob Rackley - Wentzville, MO Posted by:  YoSam.
N 38° 47.717 W 090° 51.186
15S E 686447 N 4296248
Very active and involved VFW post.
Waymark Code: WM5MK0
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 01/22/2009
Views: 6
Some small town VFW post do not want Vietnam Veterans, but this one seeks them out.
County of Post: Saint Charles County.
Location of Post: 1414 Highway Z, S. of Wentzville.
The "Run for the Wall" traditionally overnights here. There is a big ceremony at the veterans memorial on site the day of their arrival, and the next morning they all travel into the town of Wentzville to hold another ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial there. The Wentzville Vietnam Memorial is considered the very first Vietnam Memorial in the United States, being erected in 1967.
VFW Post Number: 5327
VFW Post Name: Sgt. Bob Rackley
Memorials, Displays, etc. at the site:
Huge veterans memorial, which includes the last intact Apache that flew combat in Panama, 30 individual stone memorials for members who have passed, and one for Sgt. Bruns who, as a L/Cpl wrote the poem "Chu-Lai". This memorial also contains an alter and the statue of Jesus as the Christ, wood pole perimeter where each pole carries the name of a major battle from WWI to the present.
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