POW ~ MIA Memorial - Las Animas, CO - Vietnam POW/MIA Monuments on Waymarking.com

Local Veterans Groups and members of many organizations of Bent county contributed the ideas, funding and eventual placement of this monument.

Below is a listing of just some of them.

Organized by:
Ernest Patrick (now Deceased)
Member of the Las Animas VFW Post 2411
Other Members:
Rick Yeurra
Bill Deathridge


John Horber (Horber Funeral Chapel) made the stone.

Las Animas Chamber of Commerce
Russell Smith

John Thomas of 1st Insurance

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POW ~ MIA Monuments, Flags and Sculptures have been and continue to be erected accross our great nation to remember the sacrafices our military have made to try and keep freedom alive for the population of the United States.

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"National POW-MIA Recognition Day" September 17
to honor the sacrifices of our POW's and remember 88,000
Veterans who are Missing in Action.

"We will not forget them nor will we ever
forget that they sacrificed for our Freedom!"
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Here is a link to the Presidential Proclamation
officially declaring September 17th as
National POW/MIA Recognition Day

An Extract from this proclomation:

"Until every story ends" is a solemn promise to those who wear the uniform of the United States that they will never be left behind or forgotten. On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we pay tribute to the American men and women who never returned home from combat, to those who faced unthinkable suffering as prisoners of war in distant lands, and to all servicemembers who have defended American lives and liberties with unwavering devotion. As a grateful Nation, we can never repay the profound debt to our heroes, and we will not rest until we have accounted for the missing members of our Armed Forces".

"We demonstrate our deep gratitude and admiration for our brave patriots not in words alone, but in our actions to bring them home. Each year, specialists in our Department of Defense scour foreign battlefields and burial sites, interview witnesses, and search national and international archives for information about those missing from the Vietnam War, Korean War, Cold War, World War II, and other conflicts. Their work will not be complete, nor our commitment fulfilled, until the families of those taken or missing in action can rest knowing the fate of their loved ones."

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This POW ~ MIA Stone was placed in Jan 2001 at a cost of around $1800.00.

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