Iowa Vietnam War Memorial

The Iowa Vietnam War Memorial is similar to the national memorial in Washington, D.C. The Iowa Vietnam Commission and Jaqueline Day from Des Moines were able to raise over $85,000 for the project. Day was the former secretary to Governor Norman Erbe and former receptionist for Governor Robert Ray.

The monument was dedicated on Memorial Day, 1984. At a separate ceremony on Veterans Day, November 11, 1984 bronze plaques and missing names were added. The monument is located on the Iowa State Capitol Complex in Des Moines and is part of the Monuments and Memorials Tour.

Previous articles in the series:
Allison Monument
American Revolution
Bicentennial Fountain
Bicentennial Time Capsule
Centennial Time Capsule
Christopher Columbus Memorial
Cornerstone
Crocker Memorial
Daniel Cooper Memorial Tree
Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Flagpole
Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Memorial Bench
Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Sundial
Great Seal of Iowa
Japanese Bell and Bell House
Korean War Memorial
Liberty Bell
Lincoln and Tad
Martin Luther King, Jr. Tree
Memorial Bench
Mortar
Parrot Rifle
Peace Pole
Pioneer Statuary Group and Buffalo Head Drinking Fountain
Purple Heart Combat Veterans
Scott's Grave
Sesquicentennial Tree
Shattering Silence
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
Spanish-American War Trophy Cannon
Spanish-American War Monument
Statue of Liberty
Submarine Memorial
V.F.W. Monument