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The names on the Wall, originally numbering 57,939 when it was dedicated in 1982, are listed in the chronological order of the dates of casualty. [9] Additional names have been added throughout the years since: as of May 2018 there are 58,320 names. The number of names on the wall differs from other counts of U.S. Vietnam War deaths.
The North Wall, also known as the Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial, is a war memorial in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The monument was erected on July 2, 1995 in honour of the Canadian veterans who were killed in action , made prisoners of war , or declared missing in action during the Vietnam War .
The Virtual Wall is an online 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 ...
A small segment of the "Wall" at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial listing the names of the nearly 60,000 American war dead During the Vietnam War, 30% of wounded service members died of their wounds. [ 92 ]
With this new date Fitzgibbon became the first person to die in the Vietnam War, Fitzgibbon's name was added to the Vietnam Memorial Wall in 1999. [13] The former first two official casualties were U.S. Army Major Dale R. Buis and Master Sergeant Chester Charles Ovnand who were killed on July 8, 1959.
A three-quarters scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is coming to Spartanburg Nov. 9-12. It is called the 'Wall that Heals.' What to know.
This article is a list of US MIAs of the Vietnam War in the period 1961–1965. In 1973, the United States listed 2,646 Americans as unaccounted for from the entire Vietnam War. In 1973, the United States listed 2,646 Americans as unaccounted for from the entire Vietnam War.
It initially featured the names of 630 servicemen. [3] In 2015, the memorial was rededicated after a seven-year restoration and redesign to make it more accessible for those with disabilities. [4] In 2016, the names of two additional soldiers were added to the wall. [5]