Vietnam Veterans Memorial facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Visitors at the wall in January 2005
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Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Established	November 13, 1982
Visitors	3,799,968 (in 2006)
Governing body	National Park Service
Website	Vietnam Veterans Memorial


U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Monument

Architect	Maya Lin
NRHP reference No.	01000285
Added to NRHP	November 13, 1982

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, also called the Wall, honors the men and women who died in the Vietnam War. It is a black granite wall which has the names of every American killed in the war. It was designed by Maya Lin in 1981 and is in Washington, DC.

Images for kids

The Three Soldiers by Frederick Hart
The Main Navy and Munitions Building site, with the Munitions buildings behind the Navy building
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall with Christmas ornaments
Various items left at "The Wall".
"The Wall That Heals" at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2016
An aerial photograph of "The Wall" taken on April 26, 2002, by the United States Geological Survey. The dots visible along the length of the angled wall are visitors. For a satellite view of the Wall in relation to other monuments, see Constitution Gardens.
One panel of The Wall, displaying some of the names of fallen U.S. service members from the Vietnam War.
A U.S. Marine at Vietnam Memorial on July 4, 2002
The Moving Wall at Mount Trashmore Park in Virginia