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John Jr visits the Vietnam Memorial
John Jr visits the Vietnam Memorial
8 pages
Author: Jane Smith
JOURNEY
HEROES
MEMORY
BRAVERY
FAMILY
Summary
The memorial honors US service members who died in the Vietnam War. It's located at the National Mall and Memorial Parks in Washington, DC. The memorial was dedicated in 1982. The wall is 246 feet 9 inches long, and the total length of the wall is 493 feet 6 inches. The wall contains more than 58,000 names, l. The names begin and end at the center of the memorial The first name is located in the center of the memorial, at the top of the wall, under the date 1959. The wall is made of reflective black granite to allow the names to take precedence, and to make the visitor feel as though they are looking into the peaceful “other world” of the dead. The wall has two 200-foot-long sections that make up the wall, one section directed toward the Lincoln Memorial, and the other is toward the Washington Monument. Each section of the "V" shape has 70 separate panels. The names are listed in the order in which the men and women died or were declared missing.
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