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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. The two-acre (8,100 m 2 ) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or remain missing ...
The memorial pays tribute to the 80,000 Philadelphia Vietnam Era Veterans who served our country in our nation's longest war. By honoring these veterans the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial separates the warrior from the war, focuses on the valor and sacrifice of those patriots, and gives each of them a place in history.
The Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a memorial sculpture located in Frankfort, Kentucky, overlooking the state capital, and containing the names of 1,108 Kentuckians killed in the Vietnam War. The memorial is in the form of a sundial with the names placed so that the tip of the gnomon's shadow touches each man's name on the date of his ...
Additionally, the Vietnam Era Museum presents factual and unbiased information about the era and educates future generations about the Vietnam War. The memorial and museum also serves as a special ...
Joe Dzurinda, a 1969-1970 veteran of the Vietnam War and member of the Grafton VFW post, said, "It brings back a lot of memories" from visiting the wall in Washington D.C. and looking up the names ...
Around 50 local veterans and others gathered at the war memorial to honor those who never came home and ... Around 2.7 million American service members fought in the Vietnam War and 3.4 million ...
The Vietnam Memorial is installed at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas. Dedicated on April 19, 2008, the grey and black granite monument has a bronze sculpture on top and commemorates Texas veterans of the Vietnam War.
The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall exhibit held its opening ceremony Wednesday morning at the Ussery-Roan Texas State Veterans Home in Amarillo with special guests to commemorate the special event.