More panels, more names.
58,228 names.
A remembrance to MIA/POW's - Missing Man Table
Map of Vietnam
We visited the Moving Wall in Fontana this weekend, the replica of the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial and it was a very emotional experience. There are 74 panels and a total of 58,228 names on the wall. Fifty-eight thousand, two hundred and twenty-eight and every one of them loved and missed.You can’t help but think about our current war-conflict-police-action-nation-building or whatever they’re calling it now and wonder how many names will end up on the next memorial. We’re already five years into this: 4,071 American have died, nearly 30,000 wounded and we’re still counting. I remember commentators joking about how Bush would FedEx WMD’s in if none were found – I don’t think anyone is laughing now.
