- This wall is a national memorial in Washington, D.C. built to honour the U.S. Armed forces who fought the Vietnam war, and the service members who died in service or were unaccounted for during the war.
- The memorial is maintained by the National Park Service, the U.S. and receives around 30 lakh visitors each year.
- The Memorial Wall is made of two long, black granite walls, etched with the names of those being honoured in 140 panels.
- The stone for the panels was quarried from Bengaluru, India.
- Visitors can see a reflection of themselves in the names on the black granite walls, connecting the living to those lost.
- The names are listed in chronological order by date of their casualty and begin and end at the origin point, or center, of the memorial where the two walls meet.
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