Pictured is the Vietnam War Memorial on the grounds of the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown recently. It honors the many Central Iowans whose lives were affected by the war. Fittingly, it lists 30 casualties, and one Missing in Action, although that MIA was later declared Killed in Action. There were two causalities from Grundy County, four from Hardin County, 15 from Marshall County, and 10 from Tama County. Each veterans’ name, and date of death, are etched in stone by county. By the war’s end in April 30, 1975, it had claimed approximately 58,000 American lives. The local memorial was dedicated in 1992.