Waco in McLennan County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Photographed By James Hulse, August 5, 2022

1. Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Inscription.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial. . In Honor of the Men and Women of the Armed Forces of the United States of America Who Served in the Vietnam War and in Remembrance of Those Who Remain Missing, Those From Waco - Mclennan County Who Died in Vietnam Are Inscribed in the Order That They Were Taken From Us, . Raymond J. Vrba, Jr. . Leroy Garrett, Jr. . Melvin E. Cooks . Benny G. Hack . Terrance D. Adams . John R. Dusbabek . David Williams . Antonio Jimenez . Willard M. Collins . Willie G. Hawkins, Jr. . Donald R. Johnson . Charles W. Gober, Jr. . Ronald C. Forsbach . Thomas Cotton, III . Bobby G. Goldhagen . Donald G. Brown . Hugh V. Best . Jimmy C. McCarter . Bruce R. Williams . Wallace S. Dworaczyk . Paul D. Skelton, II . Leon Simms . Gordon L. Lawrence . Joseph P. Seymoe . Robert E. Green . Dalton M. Estein . Ralph Voss . James R. Fedro, Sr. . Robert L. Springer . Teddy J. Tomchesson . William D. Mcclain . Nathaniel Haliburton . Robert L. West . Glenn H. Dusbabek . Robert F. Woods . Kenneth R. Jones . Pedro S. Rodriquez, Jr. . Paul L. Smith . James B. Hansard . Monroe Greer . Leslie A. Lewis . Ray E. Mccune . Harlon J. Gilmore . Calvin W. Wilkins . Juan A. Covarrubias . Stephen A. Daniel . Jerry G. Weatherford . Albert N. Booker . Ronald B. Vann . Curtis C. Dees . Henry C. Ramsey . Oscar L. Wheeler . Malcolm E. Mitchell . Roy D. Mclennan . Carl L. Meier . Rocky D. Armstead . Bobby G. Frost . Anthony E. Currie . Willie E. Elsenburg . Herbert L. Johnson . William W. Malone . Melvin Hazley . Kevin A. Rinard . Tommy D. Smith, But We... Shall Be Remembered We Few, We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers; for He Today That Sheds His Blood With Me Shall Be My Brother.... , They Too Had Fallen. , Gerald R. Roberts . Frank B. Westerfield . Dennis W. Fisher . Richard L. Dennis . John A. Rickels . Harold D. Daniels . Michael L. Dewlen . Roger L. Stroud . Robert F. Worley . Robert L. Humphrey . Robert T Wood . Robert W. Altus . Robert R. Barnett . Lowell E. Morgan . Benjamin S. Fordham . Jack A. Whetsel. Jr. . William T. Hale . Richard E. Latimer, Jr. . Orville Curtis Rogers. Jr., The Battle Is Not To the Strong Alone; It Is to the Vigilant. The Active, the Brave,, Patrick Henry. , (Reverse Side) Lord Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace, Where There Is Hatred, Let Me Sow Love; Where There Is Injury, Pardon; Where There Is Doubt, Faith; Where There Is Despair, Hope; Where There Is Darkness, Light; Where There Is Sadness, Joy., O Divine Master, Grant That I May Not So Much Seek, To Be Consoled - As to Console; To Be Understood - As to Understand; To Be Loved - As to Love;, For It Is in Giving That We Receive; It Is in Pardoning - That We Are Pardoned, It Is in Dying - That We Are Born to Eternal Life. - - St. Francis of Assisi

In Honor of the Men and Women
of the Armed Forces of the
United States of America Who Served
in the Vietnam War and in Remembrance
of Those Who Remain Missing

Those From Waco - Mclennan County
Who Died in Vietnam Are Inscribed in
the Order That They Were Taken From Us

Raymond J. Vrba, Jr. • Leroy Garrett, Jr. • Melvin E. Cooks • Benny G. Hack • Terrance D. Adams • John R. Dusbabek • David Williams • Antonio Jimenez • Willard M. Collins • Willie G. Hawkins, Jr. • Donald R. Johnson • Charles W. Gober, Jr. • Ronald C. Forsbach • Thomas Cotton, III • Bobby G. Goldhagen • Donald G. Brown • Hugh V. Best • Jimmy C. McCarter • Bruce R. Williams • Wallace S. Dworaczyk • Paul D. Skelton, II • Leon Simms • Gordon L. Lawrence • Joseph P. Seymoe • Robert E. Green • Dalton M. Estein • Ralph Voss • James R. Fedro, Sr. • Robert L. Springer • Teddy J. Tomchesson • William D. Mcclain • Nathaniel Haliburton • Robert L. West • Glenn H. Dusbabek • Robert F. Woods • Kenneth R. Jones • Pedro S. Rodriquez, Jr. • Paul L. Smith • James B. Hansard • Monroe Greer • Leslie A. Lewis • Ray E. Mccune • Harlon J. Gilmore • Calvin W. Wilkins • Juan A. Covarrubias • Stephen A. Daniel • Jerry G. Weatherford • Albert N. Booker • Ronald B. Vann • Curtis C. Dees • Henry C. Ramsey • Oscar L. Wheeler • Malcolm

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E. Mitchell • Roy D. Mclennan • Carl L. Meier • Rocky D. Armstead • Bobby G. Frost • Anthony E. Currie • Willie E. Elsenburg • Herbert L. Johnson • William W. Malone • Melvin Hazley • Kevin A. Rinard • Tommy D. Smith

But We... Shall Be Remembered
We Few, We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers;
for He Today That Sheds His Blood With Me
Shall Be My Brother...

They Too Had Fallen

Gerald R. Roberts • Frank B. Westerfield • Dennis W. Fisher • Richard L. Dennis • John A. Rickels • Harold D. Daniels • Michael L. Dewlen • Roger L. Stroud • Robert F. Worley • Robert L. Humphrey • Robert T Wood • Robert W. Altus • Robert R. Barnett • Lowell E. Morgan • Benjamin S. Fordham • Jack A. Whetsel. Jr. • William T. Hale • Richard E. Latimer, Jr. • Orville Curtis Rogers. Jr.

The Battle Is Not
To the Strong Alone;
It Is to the Vigilant.
The Active, the Brave,

Patrick Henry

(Reverse Side)
Lord Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace,
Where There Is Hatred, Let Me Sow Love;
Where There Is Injury, Pardon;
Where There Is Doubt, Faith;
Where There Is Despair, Hope;
Where There Is Darkness, Light;
Where There Is Sadness, Joy.

O Divine Master, Grant That I May Not So Much Seek,
To
Photographed By James Hulse, August 5, 2022

2. Reverse Side - Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Be Consoled - As to Console;
To Be Understood - As to Understand;
To Be Loved - As to Love;

For
It Is in Giving That We Receive;
It Is in Pardoning - That We Are Pardoned,
It Is in Dying - That We Are Born to Eternal Life.
- - St. Francis of Assisi

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.

Location. 31° 33.681′ N, 97° 7.766′ W. Marker is in Waco, Texas, in McLennan County. Memorial is on North University Parks Drive, 0.1 miles north of Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling north. The marker is located along the greenbelt along the Brazos River. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Waco TX 76701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Veterans Plaza (within shouting distance of this marker); Jacob de Cordova (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); McLennan County Korean Memorial (about 500 feet away); McLennan County Gulf War, Iraq War, and War in Afghanistan Memorial (about 500 feet away); In Honor and Remembrance (about 500 feet away); Waco Suspension Bridge (about 600 feet away); Washington Avenue Bridge at Brazos River (about 600 feet away); Rotan Drive (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waco.

The reverse view of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from the sidewalk thru the memorial image. Click for full size.

Photographed By James Hulse, August 5, 2022

3. The reverse view of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial from the sidewalk thru the memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on August 13, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 12, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 119 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 13, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.