An observance of the 1973 Vietnam Peace Accord will be held at 10 a.m. this morning at the Veterans Memorial on the grounds of the Historic Shelby County Courthouse.

A wreath laying will be hosted by Shelby County Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8904 and the Ladies Auxiliary.

More than 58,000 Americans gave their lives in the Vietnam War and there are still 1,637 missing in action.

The names of nine Shelby County Veterans who were killed in action during the Vietnam War will be read.  They are: Ted W. Adams, William L. "Shorty" Andrews, Jimmy Barnett, Mac Curtis Buckley, Larry Byford, Ray Chatelain, Jr., William H. Eaden, Jerry Lynn Hughes, and Taylor D. Johnson.

As always the public is cordially invited.