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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 Vietnam Women's Memorial is a memorial dedicated to the nurses and women of the United States who served in the Vietnam War. It depicts three uniformed women with a wounded male soldier to symbolize the support and caregiving roles that women played in the war as nurses and other specialists. It is part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and ...
The Virtual Wall is an on-line Vietnam War memorial. The website opened on March 23, 1997 and is run by the not-for-profit organization, www.VirtualWall.org Ltd. The Virtual Wall has a separate memorial page for each casualty remembered. Each memorial page may contain one or more photographs, remembrances, graphics of military unit patches and ...
Vietnam Forces National Memorial, Canberra. Beaudesert War Memorial. Cairns War Memorial. Esk War Memorial. Gair Park. Gympie Memorial Park. Sandgate War Memorial Park. Strathpine Honour Board. Tieri War Memorial.
An Army caisson carried the Vietnam Unknown from the Capitol to the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 28, 1984. President Reagan presided over the funeral, presented the Medal of Honor to the Vietnam Unknown, and acted as next of kin by accepting the interment flag at the end of the ceremony.
HARLINGEN — For decades, the area's veterans have been calling for a memorial honoring the local soldiers killed during the Vietnam War. Now, a veterans group is planning to build a 6 1/2-foot ...
The Education Center at The Wall was a collaborative effort between the National Park Service and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF). [1] The Center was approved by Congress, and construction was planned for the National Mall site adjacent to the Vietnam Memorial and on the corner of Constitution Avenue and 23rd Street. [2]
Major General Bob Dempsey with his wife attended the National Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony at the Texas Panhandle War Memorial on Friday. Dempsey flew 201 missions, and his plane was hit four ...