Waverie Hugh Buchanan Mr. Wayne Thomas James Cecil Starnes The Veterans Day Observance at the wall will take place on Friday, and that evening will be a gala atthe Willard InterContinental hotel with special guests actorAnn-Margret, Sen.Chuck Hagel, Jan Scruggsand (FedEx founder) Frederick W. Smith. Frank James Gallant Kevin Anthony Porter Ronald Wade Nute Joseph Ronald Paulette Peter Gary Nash Roy John Henderson Joseph Francis Cook Your death in 2001 from the cancer was a tough one to take. Walter William Morgan Paul Edward Fitzgibbons Willie Joseph Wright William Eccles Wayne Robert Davis Henry Edward Patenaude John Gerard Joyce October 25, 2021. Joseph Biszko, Director Edward William Argy Robert Douglas King Robert F. Lincoln Michael Paul Minehan, Robert Miranda John Joseph Mailloux Michael Eugene Constantine Richard Bennett Rinehart Alan Joseph OBrien Bernard F. Dutton Jr John Willard Rohr William Hadley Scholes Edward Thomas Mello Jr James Edward OToole Jr Kenneth Edward Beauregard Harry McEwing Roger Joseph Dumont DATE OF BIRTH . Enrico Henry Pagnano Jr Harold Jeffrey Gilbert Robert Joseph Sowinski John F. Legge Guy Jerry Protano Jr Dana Stanley Frost Martin Gehring Given Francis Gerald Frechette Francis Henry Bissaillon William J. McClory Richard Connolly Richard Agust Marfurt Gerald Francis McDonald Robert David Rhodes Walter Joseph Fitzpatrick Peter Warren Gilmore Peter Michael Sullivan John Joseph Hayden Jr Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Arthur F. Hennessey Jr Fall River Young Marines | Sitemap David Alan Drown Frederick Desrochers Robert Jacy Todd Daniel Francis Lynch Jr Paul Chester King Jr James Patrick Cawley Michael James Casey Vincent Antonio Mottola Alfred Lacy Williams David Lawrence Drake Jr William Edward McCormack Clifton Lee Broyer Lawrence Richard Duffy Chelsea Naval Hospital . James Patrick McCollum The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, is dedicated in Washington, D.C. William F. McLaughlin Caesar Augustus Pinto Yet the house where my interrogation team had lived and written its reports was unchanged. I now find comfort and purpose whenever I walk the beautiful wallthe most popular memorial on the National Mall, attracting more than 5 million people each yearand see our reflections among the names. Waring-Sullivan Funeral Homes Charles Dennis Bartlett Steven James Riggs James Francis Hubisz Joseph Leo Vallee Edward James Cormier Robert Matranga James Edward Henry Raymond Roland Lapointe Stephen Joseph Steriti Russell Robinson 54W/39. Contributed By Nona Armstrong On Tuesday 15, 2006Two tours of Viet Nam. But when I came to Washington, D.C., for law school in 1971, I seldom mentioned that I had served in Vietnam. William H. Blake Jr Daniel J. Contestabile Names continue to be added and errors corrected as new information warrants. David Lee Hubbard Jr However, with support from inside the White House, the Wallwas constructed. Fall of Kabul, fall of Saigon: Their horror was our horror. But the memorial was never a sure thing as many powerful organizations and politicians opposed the idea right up to its construction date, said Scruggs. Paul James Gorman John Joseph Donahue Paul John Pelletier Addison William Page Jr Hanley is MOAA's staff writer. John Albert Kozach Peter Bernard Rich About 2.7 million U.S. service members served in Vietnam. Hugh Richard Johnson Jr Richard Francis Gliniewicz A place where maybe Rolling Thunder [on Memorial Day weekend] would come down to for five years and then it would fade away. Seymour Patrick Sadberry sorry . John Patrick Collopy Peter Allan Arkoette George Henry Belanger Kenneth Allen Berube Timothy Paul Jennings Charles Albert Tavares Robert Nazaire Tetreault DATE OF CASUALTY . Francis Edward Powers Jr Joseph Edward Candeas He has spent the last 26 years working in journalism and public relations. Francis Monroe Allen Jr James Patrick English Robert Charles Tedford These directories help locate names on the wall. On Nov. 13, 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was formally dedicated after a process of arguments and compromises that illustrated how a complicated war can spill over into its remembrance. Gerard Francis Bergin A chief purpose of the Vietnam Memorial Wall addresses our collective need to recognize and to honor all those who made the heroicand ultimatesacrifice in Vietnam. Anthony John Sestito Leonard Peter Deinlein PLT David William Cloutier TALK TO A FRIEND . Wayne Douglas Hamel John Willis Wheelock Kevin Arthur Cahill Peter Joseph Mears Jr It was always on the cover of magazines, Life magazine, Time magazine. Valmore William Bourque Alan James Perrault William Thomas Cloney III Philip F. Agnoletti The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Fall River pays respect to fallen heroes and helps ensure that their ultimate sacrifices will never be forgotten. Robert P. Delgiacco Survivors of the Battle of the Bulge recall the bitter cold winter, along with personal anecdotes from a field hospital, an abandoned hotel and elsewhere. Robert Nelson Burroughs George William Casey Paul Irving Roderigues Charles John Murphy Jr Phillip Rogerson Wellons Michael Christopher Burns Ralph Victor Renauld Jr Your donation to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund will help expand our mission to honor, educate and heal. George Donald Lacus Jr James Guilfoyle Alfred Thomas Dwyer Robert Everett Spires Robert Malcolm Elliot Charles D. Headley Dennis Francis Shine John J. Rabideau Christopher John Bean James Edward Tighe George Campbell Paul Roland Carson Jimmie Michael Couto Henry Joseph Servent Jr A soldier reads some of the 58,307 names etched into "The Wall" of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Sgt. One of the Walls most defining characteristics lies in the ability for visitors to view their reflections superimposed on the engraved names, thus connecting the past and the present, unlike most other monuments. Thomas Lamar Lewis FRPD Tip the Helmet | Privacy Policy, (This article originally appeared inthe November 2022 issue of Military Officer, a magazine available to all MOAA Premium and Life members. Sheriff Tom Hodgson Michael Patrick Vaughan Peter J. Albiani Jr John Robert Painter Jr LEGISLATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Learn how MOAA's advocacy work has made a difference. In Memory of MACV Advisory Team #58/73 Reverend Andrew Stinson Lewis Jewett Newberry Richard Roland Arsenault James Edward McCue Kenneth Roger Benjamin The Amy J. Bare Charitable Trust Edward James Wolfendale Jeffrey Gordon Tyne Thomas Daniel Latanowich Samuel Roger Castellano Michael James Gambino Edward Lopez George Fredrick Evans Michael Francis Austin Robert James Laflamme John Miller Sullivan Charles Richard Rosenbusch John Viera Rayburn Lester Smith III United States military involvement in the Vietnam War officially began on Aug. 5, 1964. If you would like to sponsor this great project, please contact us today! James Costa Maiato Jr Ray Hague, Director - AS OF MARCH 31, 1997 -. Kevin Barry Hardiman Thuan Le Elston, a member ofUSA TODAY'sEditorial Board, is the author of"Rendezvous at the Altar: From Vietnam to Virginia." Russell Peter Bott Louis Mario Girolimon Daniel Benjamin Duffy Jr Stanley Joseph Yurewicz Richard Cunningham Glidden Manchu infantry web page at theWall-USA Vietnam veterans Memorial page. Robert Everett Moore I guess it comes from being online so long.. Edward Carl Jarvis Louis Raymond Raleigh James Ferro We stopped at four ports in Vietnam while on an ocean cruise from Singapore to Hong Kong in 2019, including Da Nang, where I had been stationed. Jerome James MacDonald David Kenneth Hamilton Robert Warren Parent The key element of architect Maya Lin's design is the shiny black granite wall in a wide "V" shape that continues to be a symbol of enduring legacy, healing and education. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Project will not be possible without the generous support of sponsors. Breaking ground on the Mall in Washington, D.C., for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial are, from right to left, Legionnaires Larry Besson of Illinois, Joe Frank Jr. of Missouri, Maryland Department Commander Doug Henley, Tom Kouyeas of the District of Columbia, Tennessee Department Commander John Maddox, Ed Pendarvis, past department commander of South Carolina, Florida Department Adjutant Dyke Shannon, Colorado National Executive Committeeman Pat Smith, Dewey Spencer of Arkansas and Bruce Thiesen, past department commander of California. John Michael Nealon Paul Daniel Guimond Fred Zimri Washburn He asked me to do the legal work to set up the corporation and to be one of the founding directors. John Edward White Diane Sousa THANKS, ERNEST ZAFRA "RTO"(REDNECK) W/ 1ST.PLATOON.WK.#281-864-2801. Richard Albert York Jeffrey William Rainaud James Thomas Long In a city of classic, white-marble monuments, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial stands out on the National Mall for its stark modernism. Chester Lawrence Witanek Jr. Kenneth Raymond Brown Angelo Gentry Larraga Lawrence John Lauzon Paul Nicholas Donato James Philip Hickey Michael Francis Jack Charles Henry Cummings Ronald E. Berrisford Peter James Gerry Laurence Oliver Woodson John Andrew Barnes III Anthony Joseph Passerello Warren Mitchell Dixon Joseph Daniel McNeil Cornelius Francis Hubbard Richard Arthur Gilbreath Ronald Edmond Forget Barry Lowe At the meeting one veteran, Jan Scruggs, stood up and asked, What about a memorial? The general response was that Vietnam veterans needed more benefits, not a memorial. Richard David Walsh Lawrence Frederick Beals Devon Mardic Enman Earl Martin Matthews Michael David Burt Robert Edward Ryan Home; Monuments. Walter Douglas Williams Russell Willis Noyes Michael J. Waterman On Nov. 13, 1982, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was formally dedicated after a process of arguments and compromises that illustrated how a complicated war can spill over into its remembrance. Robert Edward Preston John Joseph Carville John Peterson The MCB 12 Seabee Association Michael Lester McCafferty William J. Pinard Arthur Russell Legrow Jr $35.00. Forty years later, the Wall has been embraced for what it is: a bridge between a difficult war and today, dedicated to those from whom it exacted the ultimate price. Daniel John Dabreu Robert John McCarthy David Winslow Bowman My father-in-law, Bob Elston Sr., was an Army first lieutenant posted in South Vietnam in 1968 when he learned his first son had beenborn in New Jersey. Paul Anthony Przelomski Everett Albert Allen Richard Wagner Frank II Neil Robert Burnham The faces of visitors are reflected in the wall, connecting with those who died in combat or are listed as missing in action. By Laura Edwards. Contributed By Billie Franck On Thursday 17, 2006I Would Like To Hear From Anyone Who Served With My Brother PFC Gary L Mizner In Vietnam. LinkedIn, Copyright 2022 Military Officers Association of America Allen Robert Loane Daniel Stephen Bettencourt Francis Arthur Bond Donald Constande Kenneth M. Thibault James Frederick Hiltz David Michael Vancellette Joseph Paul Candiano James Brian McGarry Russell Rene Roulier - DEATHS BY PAY GRADE AND SERVICE -. (Photo by Mike Morones/MOAA). John Henry Savageau Leo Joseph Horan Ronald Lee Bumpus After working as a volunteer for six months, I became so fascinated by the prospect of creating a national memorial from scratch that I left my legal career to become the first VVMF employee the executive director. Bennie Frank Jones William Campbell Murphy Robert Stephen Carley W. Wallace Richards John Thomas Carota Made of polished black granite, the Wall is inscribed with the names of the more than 58,000 servicemembers who lost their lives during the war, listed in chronological order by date of casualty. David Charles Holden Robert Doubek, author of "Creating the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: The Inside Story," is now with the U.S. State Department, where he is responsible for acquiring sites worldwide for the construction of new U.S. embassies. David Rapelye Robert Lawrence Rodrick John Albert Fontaine NEW! Thomas Carroll Nickerson Allen Jones Avery Orien Judson Walker Jr. Anonymous The idea of a memorial was conceived by Scruggs in the late 1970s. David Michael Morris Henry Anthony Chevalier Paul William Rumrill MILITARY EXECUTIVE TRANSITION: Join MOAA on Nov. 29-30 for help finding success in the civilian sector. John Francis Concannon William Joseph OBrien Paul Joseph Hughes Harvey Albert Duhy Jr Paul Francis Doyon John Henry Cole Richard W. Hellard Jr Proprietary rights, granted by the national organization, encompass all of Massachusetts as well as a 50-mile radius from Fall River. Dennis Michael Higgins Norman Joseph Napierata Gary Thomas Benjamin Keith Michael Flumere Fifty-nine civilian women died in the conflict. i am sorry to all of the soldiger who died. DONATE TODAY: Support The MOAA Foundation and the MOAA Scholarship Fund. Edward Joseph Murphy Jr Howard David Stephenson Bernard James Lovett Jr Thomas William Dolan III Carl Allan Rattee Gary Alfred Rust William Michael Daley 207 Women also served as physicians, air traffic controllers, communication specialists and intelligence officers. Robert Badcock Robert James Hain Charles Albon Hinckley Greater Fall River Veterans Council Jeffrey Mark Parent Charles John Robinson Eldon Wayne Smith John Paul Lyon Irvin George Miller The dominant attitude among the young professionals there was that anyone who did military service especially in Vietnam had to be stupid. Leo Rene Marcoulier Fred Joseph Delorenzo Jr Arthur James McIntyre Donald Edward Kulacz Follow her on Twitter:@thuanelston, We're still living with 9/11, just as we're learning to live with COVID-19, Where I was when a white gunman killed Black Americans in Buffalo, New York. Portrait size 22.5 x 30 canvas (Corporate series) numbered & signed (1-50) $1,000.00 George Kolby Arthur Richard Allison Craig Michael Simeone Ronald Joseph Pointer Donald R. Judd, William Barry Justin Leo Joseph Sullivan Jr John James Raymond Eugene Paul Beresik Brian Richard Kelly James Harold McMahon Joseph Eugene Sintoni Richard Lawrence Demuth Henry Howard Herrin Jr Dennis Joseph Reardon Robert James Wiggin Glenn Robert Jennings Donald Ray Kerns Kenneth Lawrence Greene Neal Olin Richey Dennis Conry William Walter Davis Jr Lawrence E. Garron Jr The Memorial is a place where volunteers can assist visitors with general questions, looking up names and assisting with name rubbings. John Paul Harris Olt Francis Murtaugh Driscoll Michael James Monahan James Alexander Stark Jerry Lenwood Thompson Edward Furtado Jr James Terence Bayne Eldon William Tozer Edward Walter Milan Jan Ivan Rasenyuck John Sebastian Manferdini Shipping and insurance for these Prints within the 48 states are as follows: 1. Paul Dufault Terrance Frederick Kane Robert Paul Green The two 200-feet-long walls contain more than 58,000 names. Birthdays | Todays Wall Casualties | Photo Gallery | Literary Section Bruce Edward Martin Donald Joseph Greene Robert Sidney Gates Richard James Quinn Alvin Richard Gale James Joseph Stewart MA State Council of Vietnam Vets Richard William Power Artist Frederick Hart used patina to give the bronze statue some color variation. Daniel Joseph Johnson Donald W. Robertson Paul Frank Brugman H & S Tool and Engineering, Inc 732.335.0033 Our gold sponsors have generously donated $20,000.00+ to the project. Robert Lawrence Blais Partners Health Care John Hargett Jr Alan Louis Matte William David Holden William Clive Laidlaw Antone Patrick Marks The two 200-foot-long sections that make up the wall contain more than 58,000 names. Larry Dale Knight The servicemen depicted in the sculpture stand 7 feet tall upon a base that is a foot tall. Edward Samuel Stewart Gen. George Price, USA (Ret), saw the conflicting opinions of the design of the Wall firsthand at a meeting on Capitol Hill in 1982. John Joseph McNabb Thomas Alfred Ghelli TO THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR IT FREEDOM HAS A TASTE THE PROTECTED WILL NEVER KNOW Robert Everett Brooks Douglas Robert Mohrmann Lawrence Allan Gallerani Edmund Lambert MacNeil III 70 separate panels make up each of the walls of the v shape. Robert Francis Bigelow Jeffrey Philip Myers David Frederick Sleeper Joseph Dennis McNulty The memorial had several purposes, he explained in an interview with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. It would help veterans heal. Its mere existence would be societal recognition that their sacrifices were honorable rather than dishonorable. Veterans needed this, and so did the nation. Richard John Nashawaty Joseph J. Edmonds Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall - The Virtual Wall (TM) The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington DC honors those who died in the Vietnam War. Robert Eugene Green Robert James Bergeron Layton, Utah 84041. Edward Lee Johnson It should also be noted that the memorial was financed by private donations and not by the government, so it is truly an expression of the American people. Alan John Smith Curtis Wayne Moore Buddy Alfonza Stanley James Robert Pizzano Clinton Morell Rhoades Jr William Joseph Cyr Anthony Guy Velardo They represented fellow Vietnam vets from their states at the ceremony. Robert L. Anderson Richard Allen Scott John William Granahan Thomas Alfred Deschenes Paul Allan Conner Richard Bence James Alden Doughty Robert James McDonough However, the gratitude the Wall elicited from Col. Pete Peterson Jr., USA (Ret), remains as powerful today as it was when he first laid eyes on it in the mid-1980s. Philip Lyle Gamble Jr Francis Phillip Schmautz A. Martin Francis Killilea Frank Walter Bengtson David Lee Owens Richard Bernard Fitzgibbon Jr Steven Charles Erbentraut Thomas Richard Morris Marine Corps league NE Div. William Kimball Batchelder Philip Charles Davis Richard Don Slack Jr David Andrew Bingham Richard Louis Norton Edward Francis Morrill Gordon Joseph Norman George Arthur Kyricos Peter Mary Nee Thom Thurston Osborn Richard Henry Almeida May you have eternal peace free from pain. MON Landscaping William Francis Coakley David Owen Sullivan Larry Lee Stoner In the sculpture, a nurse sits on sandbags holding a wounded serviceman while another searches the sky for help perhaps a helicopter airlift. Alfred John Small William Thomas Hagerty Joseph Anthony Anzalone Hugh Frank Blackburn Bernard Stanley Plaza Joseph Bion Philipson Jr Arthur Logan Brewer William Carrell Weaver Keith Terrell Landers Arthur Hans Hardy Christopher C. Donahue Joseph Eugene Thomas Robert Alan Desrochers John Joseph Malloy Dana Edward Brann This week, the 58,281 names on the wall areread over the daysleading up to Veterans Day. trading places . Dennis Joseph Horrigan Francis Xavier Turbert Robert Omer Gagne Morris Ralph McBride Michael Joseph Byron John Vincent Quintal Clark Alan Miller James Ernest Casale Bernard Francis Tremblay Robert Russell Sennett Francis Joseph Thorpe William John Hodge Richard William Brooks Donald David Crowther Kenneth Warren Ellis Alfred Vincent Schofield Paul Hubert Dunne Jr James Joseph Sansone David Andrew Chisholm Charles David Miller Stephen Arthur Spiers Jacob Benedict Babin Jr John Martin Burke Uppermost in The American Legions mind was the warfighters themselves. John Scott Keenan Frederick Alfred McMahon Information Page | Names on the Wall | FAQ | Bracelet Exchange | Richard Leo Rogers Willard Sparks Cannon III $650.00 2. Harold Herman Hirtle John Joseph Kenney William R. Groce Robert James Croce NEW MEMBER PERKS: From pet gear to office supplies to car rentals and more, visit Perks Marketplace and save today! Charles Davison Ballou It is a The servicemen depicted in the sculpture stand 7 feet tall upon a base that is a foot tall. John Joseph Cabral Edward Francis Smith Fidele Joseph Bastarache Calvin Ronald Mackay Robert F. Daley Visit our interactive database of places to honor and remember those who have served. Stephen Holden Doane John Kenneth Warger Albert Ronald White Ralph Russell Berg John Joseph Kalen John Edward Shiraka Nickolaus Charles Zozula. Robert Stephen Walsh Mark Macdonald Serrem William and Paula Desmarais James Edward Degnis Peter Moskos James Allen Messer Joseph William Wirth Richard E. Daly William Joseph Cahill Stephen Winfield Davis Robert Henry Gryzb Paul William Trainor It is expected, too, that, like the national model, visitors may wish to leave artifacts and mementos at our Wall. Vietnam Wall turns 40. Alan Karl Langer Ralph John Willard Robert Paul Marsden John Chester Gemborys Leo Edward Swan Jr Thomas Edward ONeill Jr George Warren Underwood Ken Scar/Army), I went down to the Wall, just me by myself, and it was quite an experience, Peterson said. Michael Brendan Counihan Harold Warren Cummings Jr Paul Donald Spillane William David Frawley Paul Calvin Smith Emil Jerome Tadevich Richard William Bond Ronald Leon Delverde Michael John Scanlon Arvid Oscar Silverberg Jr Wilbur Leo Williams Jr. William Robert Alamed Jr George Henry Chace I alsosaw my reflectionin the wall among all those namesand I mourned a mourning for all the dead as well as the living, just as the memorial'sdesigner,Maya Lin, had intended. June & William Starck Daniel Perry Harold Herbert Morris Joseph Augustus Friel Carl Edgar Anderson Robert Leslie Ross Peter Allan Cook Men Can Cook event 2018 Your message, Joseph Marshall, President Everett Oscar Kerr James Howard Heppler Stephen Thomas Sullivan Industries Inc. Linda Pereira, Director James Edward Sullivan Pacific Life Foundation The majority of prisoners were 19-year-old rice farmers with only six years of education who could provide little that was useful. John Allen Steel Nobe Ray Koontz Jr James Stephen Cocchiara [They] grabbed the mike between songs and shouted to the vets that they were heroes, that this was their week at last, and they responded with shouts and cheers. There was also a wine-and-cheese reception for the families of POWs and MIAs, and the Legion provided shuttle services to and from area hotels and the National Cathedral, where a 56-hour candlelight vigil and reading of deceased servicemembers names was conducted. On Veterans Day in 2004, a plaque was added near the Three Servicemen statue to remember and honor the sacrifice of veterans who later died as a result of their service in Vietnam. Thomas Paul Sweeney John Robert Johnson Edward Thomas Egan Jr Edward W. Gero A third kneels behind the sandbags, holding a helmet in her hand. James Joseph Jenks Jr Peter Wellesley Foote William Cooley Lawrence Thomas Borden He married Carolyn Stroud, his high school sweetheart, in 1967 and volunteered Fellow VVA board member Lt. Col. Sandie Wilson, USAR (Ret), who served as a nurse in Vietnam from 1968-69, said she could not get close to the memorial the first time she visited it. As a U.S. Air Force intelligence officer, I had the unusual assignment of interrogating North Vietnamese prisoners of war for information about U.S. prisoners of warin North Vietnam, the effectiveness of U.S. airstrikesand infiltration down the Ho Chi Minh Trail. William Correia Medeiros David Foley Ackerman 4. Richard Girard Morin Patrick Michael Lorditch Ralph Gerald Hamlin Jr Edward Walter Connelly Jr Ronald Lester Granville The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. has the names listed in chronological order by date of loss. Francis Henry Corwin Jr Michael Dennis Camerlengo Robert Blanchard Hedge John Henry McCarthy Emile Joseph Legere My father and uncles fought in the same war, to save Vietnam from communism. As soon as I stepped ontothe descending path leadingtothe shinyblackwall on the National Mall andsaw the U.S. military veterans and their families among the tourists, I fought the feeling that everyone was staring at me. Thomas John Brennan Michael John Laderoute Paul Richard Capuano Their relatives and friends leave Patrick John Muraca The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund sponsored a competition that attracted more than 1,420 entries from the United States and abroad. Michael Xavier Sullivan The Department of Defense provides the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security. Veteran America, A fitting tribute to trailblazers and visionaries, Veterans Week kick-off a major collaboration in Palo Alto, Legion Family to again lead Veterans Day observances. Felix G. Gonzales Jr Ralph Warren Maney "Shorty"Holt On August 14, 2006I came home safe and my life has been meaningless.There are so many of you who would have accomplished so very much,and had such wonderful lives.I would haved been so very proud to have traded places with any one or all of you beautiful, brave people. George Ellery Hussey John Barden Hudson Eugene Vincent Sonner There were 766 prisoners of war, 114 of whom died in captivity. Ultimately the largest single contributor to the memorial with a total of $1.17 million raised, it was interested more in getting a memorial built than weighing in on aesthetics. Thomas Edward Bush Paul Mazzei Paul Patrick Keefe Learn more about the magazinehere; learn more about joining MOAAhere.). John Daniel Harrington Dedicated in 1993, it honors the contribution of women in the Vietnam War. Thomas Joseph Fox Paul Richard Driscoll Joseph Frank Adamick Jr Frank Ernest Morey Jr So when the monument popped up, I saw it as Americas way of saying we thank you for your service, we want to acknowledge that you didnt create the war, nor did you lose it.. I am proud of my role in creating what has become an American icon, humbled by the immense pain and sacrifice that it represents and saddened that it had to be created at all. The vision of VVMF is to ensure a society in which all who have served and sacrificed in our nation's Armed Forces are properly honored and receive the recognition they justly deserve. Since 1997 93 names have been added to the memorial. While his purpose for the memorial was to honor those who fought and died, Vietnam War veteran and Wall founder Jan Scruggs never dreamed the structure would elicit the response it still does four decades later. Robert Louis Harrison The Wall, is located at Veterans Memorial Bicentennial Park (1082 Davol Street), will be an 80% scale size replica of the original Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. Names are listed in chronological order according to the date of each casualty; within each date, names appear in alphabetical order. 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