ELKHART — Some people have found a new way to honor fallen heroes. The Wall of Heroes in Elkhart honors 150 Indiana servicemen and women, police officers, and firefighters who died in the line of duty since the start of the War in Iraq.

A veteran and the family of a Marine killed in Iraq spent the last two years trying to find land and money to build the monument. They still don't have the money but say the monument will be built with or without community support.

The usual fanfare was absent -- no crowds, no band, no officers in uniform.

There were just a dozen family members in T-shirts listening to recorded Taps.

"We are here to honor those killed in Iraq, my nephew being one of them," said Judy Davis, the aunt of Corporal Aaron Seal who was killed by sniper fire in Iraq in 2006.

Corporal Seal of Elkhart is one of 150 faces on the Wall of Heroes.

"They've done a nice job. The men and women are still missed and loved," said Davis.

Freedom is not free, and neither is the wall. Don Fisher had to buy the lot and build the $13,000 monument, which will include framed pictures and brass name plaques for all the Indiana uniformed men and women who died in the line of duty.

"I don't believe we pay enough attention to the service men and women who give their lives for the freedom of this country," said Fisher.

But donations are slow and $5,000 is still needed.

"These men and women are dying for our freedom. I don't understand why these people don't back them up," said Fisher.

Fisher feels he doesn't even have Mayor Dick Moore's support.

"We wish the mayor could have been here, but he had some other plans," he said at the start of the unveiling.

But with or without support, the monument is going up.

Money is still needed. Donations can be made to the Chase Bank on Nappanee Street.

The monument is still missing pictures, particularly of firefighters. Family members are asked to donate those as well before the dedication in September.