Praying Soldier - Wentzville, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 47.748 W 090° 51.205
15S E 686418 N 4296305
Part of a very large veterans memorial, with religious statues and a helicopter.
Waymark Code: WMNZ9K
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2015
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County of Statue: Saint Charles County
Location of Statue: MO-Z, VFW Post #5327 grounds, S. of Wentzville
Statue erected by: VFW Post 5327
Memorial consists of a five sided pyramid, an arch and small stones commemorating individual veteran from the Post.
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.