Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Location:  Downtown Junction City in the park at 6th and Washington Streets.  Follow the signs.

A simple black granite wall bears the names of the over 700 Kansans who were killed or listed as Missing in Action during the Vietnam War.  This is a visible reminder of a painful and controversial chapter in our Nation's history.

The ghostly figures of two soldiers stare back at the visitor from the wall.  A simple, yet powerful, monument to a time which is painful for many to remember, but one that we dare not forget.

A few lines from the poem inscribed on the monument below the names:

...And in that time
when men decide , and feel safe
to call the war insane
take one moment to embrace
those gentle heroes
you left behind...
--by Michael O'Donnell, Killed in Action, 24 March 1970, Vietnam

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