Please support the Vietnam Veterans Honor Society, Call: 815-968-1040
LZ Peace Memorial
LZ Peace Memorial @ Midway Village Museum 6799 Guilford Rd. Rockford, Illinois
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A big thank you to all those family members and friends who attended our Agent Orange Memorial dedication.
We'll be posting hundreds of pictures of this ceremony in the next day or so. There's an email link at the bottom of this page for comments.
Please click the pictures below for stories, information and pictures. And thanks for visiting us.
To donate please send a check to
Vietnam Veterans Honor Society
P. O. Box 4304
Rockford, IL 61104
Or call Nick Parnello at 815-968-1040
We are a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization and contributions are deductible to the extent of the law.
Thank you.
What is the LZ Peace Memorial?
Huey UH-1
Vietnam Veterans Names on the Wall
Wall of Honor
Mothers of MIA and KIA Vietnam veterans
Great Mothers
Jim and Wife Donate
Air Force veteran Jim Stroup and wife. Pat
Ceremonies: Here's some of what we do.
Old Glory
Marines Bill "Skip" Coad & Ed Palumbo
Chu Lai, 1965
LZ Peace
Sponsored by
Vietnam Veterans Honor Society
The LZ Peace Memorial is a place of honor for those veterans who served our country, in war and in peace. This memorial stands as a testimony to those soldiers from Winnebago County who made the ultimate sacrifice at a time of great conflict. We’re located at Midway Village Museum, 6799 Guilford Road, in Rockford, Illinois.
How It All
Came About
It started on a hill in Plieku
Joe Falzone and Nick Parnello, two young soldiers from Rockford, met while in Plekiu, South Vietnam in 1969, and they vowed to meet for supper if and when they ever made it back home. They did and here's the rest of the story.
Veterans
Winnebago county veterans
who gave their lives.
DID YOU KNOW?
There are over 20,000 veterans living in Winnebago county and thousands of them are Vietnam veterans.
Illinois has over 246,000 Vietnam Era veterans.
There are over 744,000 veterans of all wars in Illinois as of Sept. 23, 2013.