The Vietnam Memorial is located in Washington D.C. It was designed by Maya Ying Ling. She also designed the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, AL. When The Wall was built, there were 57,159 names on the Vietnam Memorial. It contains 140 black granite panels. Eight women are listed on the wall. The first death dates back to 1956. The death of each soldier is in order from the date they died. The wall is 10 feet high. It is founded by Jan Scruggs who served in Vietnam from 1969-1970. There are more than 58,000 members of the United States armed forces who died in the Vietnam War.
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