This design for the Michigan Vietnam Veterans' memorial was awarded an Honorable Mention from a field of 200 entries. The memorial inscribes in stone one soldier’s last letter home, sent days before he was killed in action. A pool holds a meditation platform at one end, and a bronze statue of a soldier in a poncho at the other. The names of Michigan natives killed or missing in action are cast in the bronze wall that curves down into the gentle stream. Water from the stream cascades down beside the memorial, echoing the sounds of the jungle, carrying memories of life and death.