A group of Vietnam veterans formed the nonprofit West Hawai‘i Vietnam Veterans War Memorial Association and raised $75,000 in 17 months to construct the 6-foot-tall by 7-foot-long memorial, crafted in basalt rock. They unveiled the memorial, etched with the name of 15 soldiers who died in action, on the March 29, 2023 — National Vietnam War Veterans Day and the 50th anniversary of the end of the war.
