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While photographing at Vietnam Memorial with Brenda LaFleur and her crew we were witnessing Additional name engraving to the wall. Latter Brenda sent me email with article she found on Internet. Thanks Brenda! I?ll try to get there on May 30 at 1 p.m. when new names will be read aloud at annual Memorial Day Observance at The Wall.
FOUR NAMES TO BE ADDED TO VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL Friday, May 13 at 10 a.m. on the East Knoll of The National Mall in Washington, DC
Washington, DC - The names of four American servicemen will be inscribed on the black granite walls of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Friday, May 13 at 10 a.m., announced Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.
Memorial Architect of Record James Cummings, AIA, and expert stone worker James Lee of Colorado-based Great Panes Glassworks, Inc. will make brief remarks about the newest additions and the inscription process. The number of names on the Memorial will now rise to 58,249 men and women who were killed in Vietnam or remain missing-in-action.
New Wall additions include: Army Private First Class Thomas Joseph Conners, Boston, Massachusetts December 7, 1943 ? May 27, 2000 Date of Casualty: November 5, 1966 Wall Location: 13E, Line 125 *Conners? family will be present at the event to observe the inscription of his name.
Army Sergeant Richard Edward Daly, Jr., Worcester, Massachusetts December 6, 1946 ? October 12, 1973 Date of Casualty: July 18, 1968 Wall Location: 51W, Line 11 *Daly?s family will observe the inscription of his name on Saturday, May 14 at 9 a.m.
Army Private First Class John Harold Berg, Rockford, Illinois July 13, 1947 ? October 10, 2003 Date of Casualty: April 8, 1968 Wall Location: 48E, Line 53
Army Private First Class William Ellis Browning, Lutz, Florida November 2, 1943 ? May 6, 2000 Date of Casualty: August 1, 1968 Wall Location: 26W, Line 32
?The new names will be added to The Wall as close as possible to their dates of casualty, so these servicemen can remain in the company of those with whom they served,? said Scruggs. ?The highly technical procedure,? he added, ?requires meticulous work matching the stroke and depth of the surrounding names to within one thousandth of an inch.?
In addition to the four names being added, inscriptions will continue through May 15 with changes to status designations from missing-in-action to killed-in-action for approximately 15 service members listed on The Wall.
Preceding each name on the Memorial is a symbol designating status. The diamond symbol denotes confirmed death; the cross symbol represents missing-in-action; and when a service member?s remains are returned or accounted for, the diamond symbol is superimposed over the cross.
The new name inscriptions will become ?official? at the annual Memorial Day Observance at The Wall on Monday, May 30 at 1 p.m., when they are read aloud. The Honorable R. James Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, will deliver the keynote address.
While the Department of Defense sets the criteria and makes decisions about whose name is eligible for inscription on The Wall, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund pays for the name additions and status changes, and works with the National Park Service to ensure long-term preservation and maintenance of The Wall.
Each year, the Memorial Fund brings stone experts from Great Panes Glassworks, Inc. in Colorado to Washington, DC to add names and change status designations from missing-in- action to killed-in-action.
Dedicated on November 13, 1982, the Memorial was built to honor all who served with the U.S. Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. It has become known as an international symbol of healing that has helped bring together those who stood on different sides during one of the most divisive periods in American history. Today, The Wall continues to be the most visited memorial in the nation's capital.
Established in 1979, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is the non-profit organization authorized by Congress to build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. Today, through a series of outreach programs, it is dedicated to preserving the legacy of The Wall; promoting healing; educating about the impact of the Vietnam War; and is building the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Center, an underground educational facility, near The Wall.
Thanks Al! No comments, fine. I just do what I like - photos of what I find interesting or beautidul. Take care. Your comment for me is a great compliment. I was just lucky to be in right place at right time.
Thanks Al! No comments, fine. I just do what I like - photos of what I find interesting or beutidul. Take care. Your comment for me is a great compliment. I was just lucky to be in right place at right time.
Stan, an excellent image and thanks so much for the information about the wall and the process of adding new names. Even know I was in the USMCR from 1965-1971 I was unaware that names are still being added. I guess the reason you're not getting many comments (beside the fact that one doesn't get many comments here)is the Wall means much more to the American people.
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