Colonel Jonathan Vannatta was a man of many accomplishments. He was a graduate of West Point, the US Army College of War, and the University of Arkansas. Along with his military career, he was a Drug Enforcement Officer at the time of his death. His parents brought us his commission sword and that is what is carved on the gray granite tablet. The family wanted his granite to be all from the United States, thus we used American Black and Georgia Gray. The etchings on the back reflect all of his military honors/badges, along with a brief history of his amazing life of service to our Country.