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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

Monday, April 23, 2012

Adding Vietnam Veterans' Faces to the Names on the The Wall

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is seeking to add a photo for every name on The Wall in Washington, D.C. There are eight Webster Groves veterans who need photos.

What if you could put a face to every name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial? Officials with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) hope you can. The National Call for Photos is a project organized by the VVMF to match a headshot or portrait photograph to every service member listed on The Wall. The pictures will be displayed in an exhibit at the future Education Center at The Wall, an underground visitors center to be built near the Vietnam Veterans and the Lincoln memorials. Everyday, the center will celebrate the birthdays of service members who died during the Vietnam War by featuring their photos on a giant digital wall. So far, 25,526 veterans have complete profiles with at least one photograph, according to George Pojani, a VVMF …

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Sheri Gassaway

11:17 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012

Thanks for sharing Karen! My dad served in Vietnam.   more ›

Photos Needed for Eight Webster Groves Vietnam Veterans

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is collecting photos for every name on The Wall in Washington, D.C. Can you help add photos of our veterans from Webster Groves?

There are 146 veterans' names on The Wall who were from St. Louis County. Eleven of the service members are from Webster Groves, and eight of those veterans need photos. See related story: Adding Vietnam Veterans' Faces to the Names on the The Wall Here are the names of the eight veterans from Webster Groves without photos: There are three veterans from Webster Groves who have photos on their profiles. However, friends and family are encouraged to add more. Those veterans include:

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