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 Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Richmond, MO Posted by:  YoSam.
N 39° 16.719 W 093° 58.602
15S E 415757 N 4348154
Vietnam and POW/MIA memorial
Waymark Code: WMKF8A
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2014
Views: 1
County of Memorial: Ray County.
Location of Memorial: N. Thornton St., courthouse lawn, Richmond.
Sculptor: Tom Corbin
Proper Description: "Eagle with wings spread perched atop a two-tiered base. The upper tier has sixteen sides, with inscriptions and the names of soldiers killed the Vietnam War on each side. The bottom tier is eight-sided." - Smithsonian American Art Museum
Monument Text: VIETNAM WAR
1959 - 1975
To everyone who tries to understand.
We leave you our deaths.
Give them their meaning.
We are young, We have died, Remember Us.
TSGT THOMAS NEWTON
SLOAN
US AIR FORCE
13 Aug. 1937
17 Dec. 1965
Rayville, MO
CPL EDMUND PETRECHKO
US ARMY
23 Nov. 1950
04 Mar. 1971
Richmond, MO
POW/MIA
For Those Who Returned,
Thanks God.
For Those Who Remain,
Please, God.
Much better photo of the eagle than I have in this mamox1 photo
TITLE: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
ARTIST(S): Tom Corbin, sculptor
DATE: Dedicated July 25, 1987
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: bottom level is concrete coated with pea-gravel and epoxy surface, top level is black granite
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MO000173
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Thornton St.
courthouse lawn
Richmond, MO 64085
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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