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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 Wall is 493 feet long and a little over 10 feet tall at its highest point > There are 140 numbered panels, of which the shortest contain less than 10 names and the largest more than 600 > The Wall was dedicated on November 13, 1982 > In 2017, approximately 5.1 million people visited The Wall in Washington, D.C.
12 cze 2006 · The 58,152 names of those who died in Vietnam are etched onto the two rising black marble slabs of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The slabs meet at a vertex of 125 degrees, 10 feet above ground level to form the Wall.
23 maj 2019 · One of the most frequently asked questions by visitors to The Wall is, “How many names are on The Wall?”. What they really mean is, “How many American service members died in the Vietnam War?”. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) believes the best answer to this question is 58,276.
Adding names. As of 2017, there are 58,318 names inscribed on The Wall. The first group, added in 1983, included 53 Marines who were killed when their R&R (rest and relaxation) flight crashed in Hong Kong.
3 kwi 2023 · Interesting Veterans Statistics off the Vietnam Memorial Wall. There are 58,267 names now listed on that polished black wall, including those added in 2010. The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by date and within each date the names are alphabetized.
Click or tap a state name to see the personal memorial pages of casualties from that state. To shorten list, enter any part of name in Find box below. Two letters will find a very short list.
