April 30 - 50 years ago the Vietnam War ended on April30, 1975

There are 1,120 Minnesotans names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

on the State Capitol grounds.

Lorraine Storck, of San Antonio, Texas, rests her head on the name of her son, George Gillespie of St. Cloud, who died during the Vietnam War while serving as a U.S. Marine. Storck had come to the State Capitol grounds for the unveiling of Minnesota Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Sept. 25, 1992.