This panel honors the civilians and U.S. military allies of South Vietnam, illustrating the beauty of a pastoral scene beset by a war that would, by its end, cost three million Vietnamese and more than 58,000 American lives.
As a boy growing up in Saigon, Trong Phan learned English and baseball from American soldiers, and after the war made a desperate journey to migrate to America.
The Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument stands as a permanent honor to all Texans who served in the Vietnam War – and as a permanent memorial to the 3,417 Texans who never came home. This memorial is made through The 3417 Project, which individually honors each Texan who died in the Vietnam War.
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