Maya Lin.
The designer of the memorial explains WHY she designed it that way. Read her explanation on the website: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
2 weeks
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was designed by artist Maya Lin.
Yes it is.
No, the Vietnam Memorial is a US war memorial.
The World War II Memorial was designed by Friedrich St.Florian .
The official name of the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C. is the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial." It is also referred to as "the Wall." The figures of the servicemen by the Wall are called "The Three Servicemen." The memorial is different than most war memorials. It is not a memorial to the war but is a memorial to all who served in Vietnam, both dead and those still living.
Maya Ying Lin
As of 2010, there are 58,272 names on the War Memorial Wall. Out of this total, around 1,200 are listed as POW's, MIA's.
There is a WWII memorial in Washington D.C. between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, it's not a wall, but it's still pretty neat. There IS a Vietnam wall, it's in Arlington I believe
The animal engraved on the veterans memorial wall is an eagle. They are bronze sculptures of the eagles and the names of the veterans.
Vietnam War