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On March 22, 1982 – Ground was broken in Washington D.C. for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial designed by Maya Lin of Yale.
Some little known information regarding the Memorial:
The wall originally listed 57,939 names when it was dedicated in 1982; however other names have since been added and as of January 2022, there were 58,281 names, including eight women. The number of names on the wall is different from the official number of U.S. Vietnam War deaths as some names were omitted at the request of families. Directories containing all of the names are located on nearby podiums at both ends of the monument where visitors may locate specific names.
Some little known information regarding the Memorial:
The wall originally listed 57,939 names when it was dedicated in 1982; however other names have since been added and as of January 2022, there were 58,281 names, including eight women. The number of names on the wall is different from the official number of U.S. Vietnam War deaths as some names were omitted at the request of families. Directories containing all of the names are located on nearby podiums at both ends of the monument where visitors may locate specific names.
Vietnam Memorial Wall
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My finger on the name of a friend, John F. Bradman on the traveling wall a US Army, Infantry 1st Lt and a fellow Cadet when We both had attended Bordentown Military Institute, Bordentown, NJ. He was killed after already having served eight months in Vietnam. I also found the names of other men that I had served with in Vietnam on the wall. The picture shown here appeared in a newspaper and was taken by a photographer from that news source.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
Myself on the left meeting another Vietnam Veteran who had also served in the area of Da Nang Vietnam also in 1968-69 where I had spent most of My time in country there. This is the traveling wall. This photograph had also appeared in a newspaper.
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Saw the traveling wall when it stopped at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord NC. Had a POW bracelet I had worn for probably 15 years. Found the name, TSgt Edwin E. Morgan, and placed the bracelet with his name. Hope it might get back to his family.
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