Veterans enjoy a free breakfast every Tuesday at the National Veterans Memorial in Perryville, MO which boasts a full-scale replica of the Vietnam Wall.

The Southeast Missourian reported a record crowd at weekly Veterans’ free breakfast in Perryville, Missouri sponsored by Veterans Home Care’s VetAssist Program. Forty-two Veterans enjoyed the breakfast at the Missouri's National Veteran Memorial which has been the most since the re-opening after the pandemic.

The Veterans’ free breakfast is available to veterans-only at 7:00 a.m. on Tuesdays at the Memorial that boasts the only full-scale replica of the Vietnam Wall, 1172 Veterans Memorial Pkwy, Perryville, MO 63775.

Dana Taylor, LCSW, Regional Manager at Veterans Home Care was proud to sponsor the event and attend with her father Vietnam Veteran Dale Monier and 91-year-old grandfather and Korean War Veteran Donald Wibbenmeyer.

Veterans Home Care's regional manager and licensed clinical social worker Dana Taylor, who helps local Veteran families, attended. Veterans Home Care's VetAssist Program provides home care with no-out-of-pocket costs to wartime Veterans or their surviving spouses who qualify. Taylor is an expert in a little-known VA benefit called Aid and Attendance which can be used long-term custodial care. She's assisted hundreds of area senior Veterans and spouses, most who were unaware the benefit existed, claim their VA funding and use the funds for in-home caregivers.

In attendance was Vietnam Veteran Dale Monier who was awarded the Purple Heart for his heroic service.

The original Vietnam Memorial Wall is located Washington DC. The Vietnam Wall in Perryville was completed in the fall of 2018 and lists more than 58,000 names of Vietnam War casualties.

The grounds at the wall in Perryville are open 24/7. The Welcome Center and museum are open Mon-Fri 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 on weekends.

"Traditionally, many Veterans can find free breakfasts and discounts on Veterans Day. It's wonderful that the Missouri National Veteran Memorial offers this Veterans free breakfast on a weekly basis," says Dana Taylor at Veterans Home Care. 

Taylor, and other VetAssist regional managers across the country, is available as a speaker/presenter for organizations who wish to learn more about the VA's Aid and Attendace benefit and her company's VetAssist Program.

To learn more, about this litte-known VA benefit and the VetAssist Program, for those who choose to use their Aid and Attendance funds primarily for in-home care or adult daycare, call 888-314-6075.

Ninety-one-year-old Korean War Veteran Donald Wibbenmeyer points to Dale Monier, a Vietnam Veteran and Purple Heart recipient, at the weekly Veterans Breakfast in Perryville.