Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, also called the Wall, honors the men and women who died in the Vietnam War. It is a black granite wall which has the names of every American killed in the war. It was designed by Maya Lin in 1981 and is in Washington, DC.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial
File:TouchWall.jpg Visitors at the wall in January 2005
Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Visitors	3,799,968 (in 2006)
Website	Vietnam Veterans Memorial
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Monument
Architect:	Maya Lin
NRHP Reference#:	01000285
Added to NRHP:	November 13, 1982

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Media

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  An aerial photograph of The Wall taken on April 26, 2002, by the United States Geological Survey. The dots visible along the length of the angled wall are visitors. For a satellite view of the Wall in relation to other monuments, see Constitution Gardens.

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  The monument's eastern portion points towards the Washington Monument

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  One panel of The Wall, displaying some of the names of fallen U.S. service members from the Vietnam War

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  The Main Navy and Munitions Building site, with the Munitions buildings behind the Navy building

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  Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall with Christmas ornaments

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  A U.S. Marine at Vietnam Veterans Memorial on July 4, 2002

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  Various items left at "The Wall".

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  Vietnam Veterans Memorial

• US Navy 061117-N-5307M-113 John Nugent, Vietnam veteran, plays the bagpipes as a part of the opening ceremony at the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall at Mt. Trashmore Park.jpg

  The Moving Wall at Mount Trashmore Park in Virginia

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  The Wall That Heals at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2016