The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
Ground breaking: March 26, 1982
Dedication: November 13, 1982
Designer: Maya Ying Lin
Architect: Cooper-Lecky Partnership
Material: Black granite from Bangalore, India
Length: each wall is 246 feet 9 inches (75.21 meters) long; the total length of the
Wall is 493 feet 6 inches (150.42 meters)
Height: 10 feet 3 inches (3.12 meters) at the center of the memorial
Angle: 125° 12'
Density of granite: 210 lbs/cubic foot (3364 kilograms/cubic meter)
Number of panels: for each wall, 70 separate inscribed panels, plus 4 at each end
without names
Panel dimensions: 40 inches (101.6 centimeters) wide, 3 inches (7.62 centimeters)
thick, between 8 inches (20.32 centimeters) to 10 feet 3 inches (3.12 meters) tall
Number of lines per panel: 1 to 137
Number of names per line: 5 to 6
Height of letters: 0.53 inches (1.35 centimeters)
Depth of letters: 0.015 inches (0.038 centimeters)
Foundation: The granite panels are supported by 140 concrete pilings driven
approximately 35 feet to bedrock.
Cost: Construction costs of the Wall totaled approximately $4,284,000. The VVMF
raised nearly $9 million in private contributions in its quest to win support and
build the memorial.
The Three Servicemen Statue
Designer: Frederick Hart
Dedication: November 11, 1984
Material: Bronze
Height: 7 feet (2.13 meters)
Vietnam Women's Memorial
Designer: Glenna Goodacre
Dedicated: November 11, 1993
Material: Bronze
Paving stones: Carnelian red granite
Approx. Size: 8 feet by 15 feet (2.44 meters by 4.57 meters)
Approx. Weight: 1 ton (907 kilograms)
Trees: Eight yellowwood trees representing the eight nurses (women) killed in
Vietnam
Cost: Approx. $4 million
Number of entries in design contest: 317 (Goodacre was originally runner-up)
Flagpole
Material: Bronze
Inscription: THIS FLAG REPRESENTS THE SERVICE RENDERED TO OUR
COUNTRY BY THE VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM WAR. THE FLAG
AFFIRMS THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM FOR WHICH THEY FOUGHT AND
THEIR PRIDE IN HAVING SERVED UNDER DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
Installed: Mid-1983
Emblems: Around the base of the flagpole are the emblems of the Army, Navy,
Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard.
Height: 60 feet (18.29 meters)
Ground breaking: March 26, 1982
Dedication: November 13, 1982
Designer: Maya Ying Lin
Architect: Cooper-Lecky Partnership
Material: Black granite from Bangalore, India
Length: each wall is 246 feet 9 inches (75.21 meters) long; the total length of the
Wall is 493 feet 6 inches (150.42 meters)
Height: 10 feet 3 inches (3.12 meters) at the center of the memorial
Angle: 125° 12'
Density of granite: 210 lbs/cubic foot (3364 kilograms/cubic meter)
Number of panels: for each wall, 70 separate inscribed panels, plus 4 at each end
without names
Panel dimensions: 40 inches (101.6 centimeters) wide, 3 inches (7.62 centimeters)
thick, between 8 inches (20.32 centimeters) to 10 feet 3 inches (3.12 meters) tall
Number of lines per panel: 1 to 137
Number of names per line: 5 to 6
Height of letters: 0.53 inches (1.35 centimeters)
Depth of letters: 0.015 inches (0.038 centimeters)
Foundation: The granite panels are supported by 140 concrete pilings driven
approximately 35 feet to bedrock.
Cost: Construction costs of the Wall totaled approximately $4,284,000. The VVMF
raised nearly $9 million in private contributions in its quest to win support and
build the memorial.
The Three Servicemen Statue
Designer: Frederick Hart
Dedication: November 11, 1984
Material: Bronze
Height: 7 feet (2.13 meters)
Vietnam Women's Memorial
Designer: Glenna Goodacre
Dedicated: November 11, 1993
Material: Bronze
Paving stones: Carnelian red granite
Approx. Size: 8 feet by 15 feet (2.44 meters by 4.57 meters)
Approx. Weight: 1 ton (907 kilograms)
Trees: Eight yellowwood trees representing the eight nurses (women) killed in
Vietnam
Cost: Approx. $4 million
Number of entries in design contest: 317 (Goodacre was originally runner-up)
Flagpole
Material: Bronze
Inscription: THIS FLAG REPRESENTS THE SERVICE RENDERED TO OUR
COUNTRY BY THE VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM WAR. THE FLAG
AFFIRMS THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM FOR WHICH THEY FOUGHT AND
THEIR PRIDE IN HAVING SERVED UNDER DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
Installed: Mid-1983
Emblems: Around the base of the flagpole are the emblems of the Army, Navy,
Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard.
Height: 60 feet (18.29 meters)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
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Three Of My Combat Brothers And Friends<>Please Visit Them At The Wall
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John Richard (Rick) Gregoire * Wheaton, Illinois
Raymond Horace Pike * Leavenworth, Kansas
Terry Lanier Alford * Pasadena, Texas
Raymond Horace Pike * Leavenworth, Kansas
Terry Lanier Alford * Pasadena, Texas
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VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL
www.themovingwall.org/
www.themovingwall.org/
Song Is " More Than A Name On The Wall" By The Statlers 1989
2005 - When 2nd Lt. James Cathey's body arrived at the Reno Airport, Marines climbed
into the cargo hold of the plane and draped the flag over his casket as passengers
watched the family gather on the tarmac. During the arrival of another Marine's casket
last year at Denver International Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as one
of the most powerful in the process: "See the people in the windows? They'll sit right
there in the plane, watching those Marines. You gotta wonder what's going through
their minds, knowing that they're on the plane that brought him home," he said.
"They're going to remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives. They're going
to remember bringing that Marine home. And they should."
© TODD HEISLER/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
It Is The Soldier
It is the soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the soldier
Who salutes the flag
Who serves under the flag
Whose coffin is draped in the flag
Who allows the protester to burn the flag
-Charles M. Province
into the cargo hold of the plane and draped the flag over his casket as passengers
watched the family gather on the tarmac. During the arrival of another Marine's casket
last year at Denver International Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as one
of the most powerful in the process: "See the people in the windows? They'll sit right
there in the plane, watching those Marines. You gotta wonder what's going through
their minds, knowing that they're on the plane that brought him home," he said.
"They're going to remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives. They're going
to remember bringing that Marine home. And they should."
© TODD HEISLER/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
It Is The Soldier
It is the soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the soldier
Who salutes the flag
Who serves under the flag
Whose coffin is draped in the flag
Who allows the protester to burn the flag
-Charles M. Province
