soldierstone war memorial

Rod Broome This Vietnam Memorial was envisioned by Lt Col (ret) Stuart A Beckley when he was dying of cancer, and approved by the Forest Service February 1995, and approved and completed just before he died in November 1995. It is a memorial to all the soldiers who died in Vietnam, where ever they were from. It is a twelve foot high polished stone memorial with quotes from several languages surrounded by a wall built by the tenth special forces from Fort Carson, CO. The wall is meant to resemble a three sided Vietnam SF firebase. Scattered around the site are about eighteen "leaves of stone". Polished stone blocks set in the ground with quotes from different languages. The site is on Sargent Mesa, Saguache County, Colorado. On the Colorado trail. It is about a twenty five mile trip by state highway and county road from the village of Saguache, Colorado. Then a short walk from the parking area to the monument across the Meadow. Remember to bring coins, challenge coins, and a bullet to leave in the ammo can at the base to honor the fallen heros.