The people of Union County and the United States express profound gratitude for the sacrifices of the men and women who fought, were wounded, and died in the Vietnam War. They are to be respectfully remembered for all time by those who benefited from their service to their nation and from their role in helping bring about the end of Communism in much of the world. The 58,193 Americans who died on the battlefields of Vietnam are honored as ordinary people who performed an extraordinary task in the cause of freedom.