The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
"The Great Black Wall"
...a gash is cut into the earth, descending...
...and the black walls stand against the ground...
...path goes downhill beginning only two inches tall...
...and soon becomes ten feet tall...
...a wall 600 feet long...
...you walk past the mirrored walls with the names...
...deeper into the earth until you are buried by the thousands of names...
...a gash is cut into the earth, descending...
...and the black walls stand against the ground...
...path goes downhill beginning only two inches tall...
...and soon becomes ten feet tall...
...a wall 600 feet long...
...you walk past the mirrored walls with the names...
...deeper into the earth until you are buried by the thousands of names...
On this black marble wall are the names of 58,261 military personnel who died in the Vietnam War. It reflects the very high cost of war. Architectural student, Maya Ying Lin, submitted the winning design for The Wall. The Yale student said, "This memorial is for those who have died and for us to remember them." Lin's conception was to create an opening or wound in the earth to symbolize the gravity of the loss of the soldiers.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is located in Constitution Gardens, Washington D.C., and was built through private donations from the public. It was dedicated in 1982 and has become an important pilgrimage site for relatives and friends of the American military casualties in Vietnam.
A rubbing of Capt. Wilbanks' name made at The Wall.
There are 58,261 names on The Wall
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Capt. Wilbanks' name located on Panel 15 East, Row 088