The Missouri Vietnam Veterans Memorial

College of the Ozarks is home to the State of Missouri's Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The memorial, which honors the lives of the 1,410 men and women from Missouri who lost their lives serving during the Vietnam War, is located at the entrance to the campus, near the Alumni Center. The walls of the memorial are divided because this country was divided. In between the two walls stands a statue of Vietnam Veterans, representing those who served in Vietnam and returned home to live the rest of their lives with memories of war. A flower bed in the shape of the letter “V” for valor displayed a bed of red roses, representing the blood shed by servicemen and women.