A design competition consisting of about 1,400 entries was initiated along with donations of approximately $5,000,000. An architectural student from Yale University won the competition and designed a wall made of black granite which rose from the ground and then back into it; engraved upon it are the names over 58,000 US servicemen and 8 women, who died in Vietnam.
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The wall was designed by Maya Ying Ling
The Vietnam Memorial Wall was designed by American architect Maya Lin. The typesetting of the original 58,195 names on the wall was performed by Datalantic in Atlanta, Georgia.
Haya Taya Tow, designer, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
The Memorial Wall was designed by American architect Maya Lin.
Maya Ying Lin
People The wall was designed by Maya Ying Ling
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The designer of the memorial explains WHY she designed it that way. Read her explanation on the website: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
The first Vietnam wall was put up in 1906 the people of Vietnam found the wall not necessary for the people of Vietnam because an American helped designed the wall. Then their was a remake 18 years later.
The Vietnam Wall is located in Washington, DC.
The Vietnam wall was built in 1906
A cross corresponding to a name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall means that the person with that name is missing; to say, the body has not been found. A diamond next to a name on the wall stands for a person who has been proven dead; the body (or the remains of the body) has been found dead.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall is the primary part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It also consists of the Vietnam Women's Memorial, and the Three Soldiers statue. The memorial was designed by Maya Ying Lin.
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.