Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Here follows the inscription written on this roadside memorial:

Captain Rocky Versace Plaza
and
Vietnam Veterans Memorial

[In the center of the memorial:]
★ My son is ★ was ★ he often did ★ does ★ his eyes are ★ were brown ★

Tere Rios Versace
Missing in Action

[Dedication plaque:]
In Memory Of Our Friend
Tony Heisley
For It Was His Original Idea
That Led to The Creation
Of This Memorial

Erected by City of Alexandria.

Entrance to the Mount Vernon Recreation Center is in the background. In the Rec Center foyer is a Display Case of CPT Versace memorabilia. This includes a duplicate Medal of Honor, other military awards and honors (e.g., Ranger Tab, Special Forces Tab, Parachutist Wings), Special Forces Green Beret and West Point diploma earned by Rocky Versace.

Plaque with commissioning and dedication information

This is a picture of the Gold Star/Name of U.S. Army Captain "Rocky" Versace chiseled into stone on one of the circular benches which surround his life-size statue at the Memorial named for him. It is one of 68 Gold Stars above a name - each representing a Fallen Hero from Alexandria who died or is still missing in action (MIA) in Southeast Asia from the Vietnam War.