Memorial Day 2018: Remembering Lakewood's Vietnam Casualties

LAKEWOOD, CO — The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. honors the lives that were lost and represents a stark reminder of war’s human cost.

Of the more than 58,000 lives lost in the Vietnam War, 626 were from Colorado. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund says Colorado has collected photos of every single one.

For years, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - the nonprofit organization authorized by Congress to build and maintain the memorial commonly known as The Wall - has been working to collect photos of every person whose name is on The Wall. Right now, The Wall of Faces project is only online, but the VVMF hopes to build an education center to display in real life at the Education Center at The Wall.

You can learn branch of service, some deployment details, see a picture of them and leave a remembrance.

• See all of Colorado’s fallen Vietnam War vets and search for all of Lakewood's fallen heroes here.

Six who died were from Lakewood:

• RONALD K BLOOM

• DUANE F HORGAN

• RANDY L OWENS

• DAVID L SPARKS

• DAVID P STARK

• LARRY D STICE

By Scott Anderson, Patch Staff

image via Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund