2/26/2025 Award
Captain Rocky Versace was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2002. From his Medal of Honor citation – “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while a prisoner of war during the period of October 29, 1963 to September 26, 1965 in the Republic of Vietnam.”

The statue above is of Captain Versace and is at the Alexandria Memorial to Vietnam Veterans, 2701 Commonwealth Avenue.