Military personnel who gave their lives in foreign service for their country are honored here as having helped preserve the nation’s freedom. The remembrance includes a long roster of service members from the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, Army Air Corps, and Army Air Force, spanning service from 1914 to 2021, with some identified as killed in action or missing in war. It also includes wartime casualty totals for the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan, along with recognition of VFW Post 9289, its veterans, auxiliary presidents, and supporters connected with the project at Grand Lake.