Eight veterans stood in a line Friday morning as rain drops rolled over a black marble stone at what will be Akron’s only Vietnam memorial.The soldiers faced the stone — which read “IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE ALL” — and saluted 93 who did not get to come home from the war.Every Akron veteran who died in the Vietnam War will have a place to be remembered in their city.The memorial has been built by the generosity and persistence of Goodyear Heights volunteers, a local Vietnam veterans chapter, an Eagle Scout from Stow and one gruffy veteran.

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