Student artist Ryan Scieneaux, a graduate of Brewer High School in White Settlement, submitted the winning design concept in the memorial competition completed in August 2020.

 

It is now being refined and modified by sculptor Michael Pavlosky who will finalize the design. Michael has been a professional sculptor for twenty-five years and his clients have included municipalities, institutions, and corporations as well as private individuals. His work is mostly created in cast or fabricated bronze.  He recently completed a lobby sculpture for the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn.

 

Students across the region were challenged to submit design ideas for the memorial. This monumental effort is backed by a coalition of Tarrant County officials, the Fort Worth Parks Dept., national and local veterans service organizations, as well as patriotic groups and individuals across North Texas.

 

At least 240-plus Tarrant County residents died as a result of the war, but currently there’s no local monument to honor those who dies as a result of serving in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam Conflict.