Vietnam Veterans Memorial

USA (Washington DC)198275 m long wall

LocationUSA (Washington DC)

Built1982

Size75 m long wall

Built ByUSA

About Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Designed by Maya Lin, a 21-year-old architecture student. Lists 58,320 names of fallen and missing service members. Made of black granite from Bangalore, India. The wall is shaped like a V, partially underground. Names are listed chronologically by date of casualty. Visitors make rubbings of names as keepsakes.

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