Junction City in Geary County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
State of Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Dedicated July 4, 1987
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 10, 2011
1. State of Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker
ultimate sacrifice for their country
This memorial built by major corporate sponsors including
Coors Brewing Company
The Kansas Coors Distributors Association
and many families and individuals who made this memorial possible
Maintained by
Kansas Operation Memorial
Vietman Veterans of America Chapter 344
and the City of Junction City
Erected 1987 by City of Junction City.
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
Location. 39° 1.655′ N, 96° 49.78′ W. Marker is in Junction City, Kansas, in Geary County. It is on Washington Street (State Highway 57) south of West 6th Street (State Highway 57), on the left when traveling north. Memorial is located in Junction City's Heritage Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Junction City KS 66441, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Kansas’ Flint Hills. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Purple Heart Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); 1st Infantry Division Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); World War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Civil War Memorial Arch (within shouting distance of this marker); George Smith (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); 600 Block Washington Street (about 700 feet away); 7th Street East & West of Washington (about 700 feet away); 700 Block Washington Street (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Junction City.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Two memorials to Kansas Vietnam Veterans.
Also see . . . Geary County CVB. (Submitted on June 30, 2011, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama.)
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 10, 2011
2. State of Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 10, 2011
3. State of Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 10, 2011
4. Poem located on the memorial
"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you, and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not always have. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. 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
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 10, 2011
5. detail from State of Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 10, 2011
6. detail from State of Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial
To these men, and all men who died in other wars, this is their tribute.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 10, 2011
7. detail from State of Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial
History will remember the war. Will America remember her men?
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 10, 2011
8. State of Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker
left half of the back of the memorial.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 10, 2011
9. State of Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial Marker
right half of the back of the memorial.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, May 10, 2011
10. detail from State of Kansas Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 16, 2011, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. This page has been viewed 783 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on May 16, 2011, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
