However, around 30,000 Canadian citizens enlisted with the United States Armed Forces in order to serve during the Vietnam War.

[1][2] These Canadians had to list a U.S city as their place of birth or residence because the Canadian Foreign Enlistment Act (1937) states: "Any person who being a Canadian national, whether within or residing outside Canada voluntarily accepts or agrees to accept any commission or engagement in the armed forces of any foreign state at war with any friendly state, is guilty of an offense of this act.

The Committee was later renamed the Michigan Association of Concerned Veterans (MACV).

The City Council of Windsor passed the initiative, and the memorial was dedicated on July 2.

[3] Every year since the opening dedication in 1995, a ceremony and laying of wreaths has been officiated over and attended by prominent Canadian and U.S officials, veterans on both sides of the border, family members of those whose names are on the memorial, and supporters of the project.