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Vietnam Wall Experience Facts
 
Original
Location: Washigton, D.C.
Size: 493.5 feet
140 panels

Height: 121 inches
(largest panel)
tapers from 8 inch panel

Names: 58,219

Opening Date: November 11, 1982

Material: Black Indian Granite

Inscription Process: Photo-stenciled (etched)

Purpose: Permanent memorial to those who fought
and died in Vietnam
Replica
Location: 150 locations
across the U.S.
Size: 240 feet
96 panels

Height: 92 inches
all panels

Names: 58,219

Opening Date: December 14, 1990
Phoenix, AZ

Material: Faux granite developed by Habitat,
Tempe, AZ.
simulates reflective qualities

Inscription Process: Photo-stenciled (etched)

Purpose: Portable memorial to bring the experience
of the "Wall" to the nation
Other Facts
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Groundbreaking: 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 degrees 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 cm) wide, 3 inches (7.6 cm) thick, between 8 inches (20.3 cm) 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 cm)
Depth of letters: 0.015 inches (0.038 cm)
Foundation: The granite panels are supported by 140 concrete pilings driven approximately 35 feet to bedrock.
Cost: Construction costs of the Wall totaled approximately ,284,000. The VVMF raised nearly million in private contributions in its quest to win support for and create the memorial.

The Three Servicemen Statue
Designer: Frederick Hart
Dedication: November 11, 1984
Material: Bronze
Height: 7 feet (2.13 meters)

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 (18.3 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 (2.4 meters by 4.6 meters)
Approx. weight: 1 ton (907 kilograms)
Trees: Eight yellowwood trees representing the eight nurses (women) killed in Vietnam
Cost: Approx. million
Number of entries in design contest: 317 (Goodacre was originally runner-up)