Vietnam War Memorial - Veterans Memorial Park - Lake St. Louis, MO
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YoSam.
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The center of the park is a memorial. The Individual Conflict monuments are in a circle around the sidewalks.
Waymark Code: WM18JWY
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2023
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County of park: St. Charles County
Location of park: Civic Center Dr. & Lake St. Louis Blvd., Veterans Memorial Park, Lake St. Louis
Built: May 17, 2008
Monument Text:
VIETNAM WAR 1964-1975
Number Serving 8,774,000
Died 58,220
Wounded 153,303
In memory of those brave men and
women who served their country
honorably during this time of conflict.
Numbers provided by CRS report for Congress-Updated January 2, 2015
Number serving covers the period August 5, 1964 - January 27, 1973
(date of cease -fire) Deaths include the period November 1, 1955
(commencement date for Military Assistance Advisory Group) through
May 15, 1975 (date last service member left Southeast Asia)
"This park is located in the Civic Center Complex and has been built to honor all those, present and past, who have served in the military. Flags of all branches of the service are included in the memorial. Pedestals with plaques mention conflicts past to present." ~ City of Lake St. Louis
This memorial is a set of gradually larger circles around a huge star, which is border by bricks. The first circle is donated bricks, the next circle is a sidewalk with a pillars monument of each conflict, the next circle is dedicated benches and the outer circle is dedicated trees.