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The Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Del Ray honors the 67 men from Alexandria who either died or remain missing in action in Vietnam. A Memorial Day ceremony will be held May 25 at the Rocky Versace Plaza on Commonwealth Ave. beginning at 11 a.m.

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The name Humbert R. Versace is inscribed on Panel 01E, Row 033 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. But in his hometown, “Rocky” Versace’s sacrifice and that of 66 other Alexandrians is memorialized in a statue on Commonwealth Avenue in Del Ray.

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