Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national memorial is a division of national mall and memorial park. This memorial wall is adjacent to National mall and just northeast of the Lincoln Memorial. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was established in the year 1982.

The Vietnam Veteran Memorial Wall is located at:

National Park Service,

National Capitol Parks- Central,

900, Ohio Drive, S.W,

Washington DC. 20242.

The world famous Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors the US service members who died in the Vietnam War. The memorial has three parts such as three soldiers' statue, Vietnam's Women's memorial and the Vietnam Veterans memorial wall. The Vietnam Veterans memorial wall is the best and famous part of the memorial. The Wall is the most famous attraction to visit during the trip to Washington.

The Vietnam veteran memorial wall is the black granite wall which is inscribed with names of around 58,209 American's who were killed and missed during the Vietnam War. The names of the American soldiers are inscribed in a chronological order.

The Vietnam memorial wall is opened 24 hours daily and the visitors are allowed from 8am to midnight. The national park offers tours to explain the history of the wall. The tour will be offered every hour from 10.00am to 11.pm. People can locate the names of their family member of friend who died or missing during the Vietnam War. The park staff advice such people to bring the name, birth date, service number of the person, date of death, and the city of original military recruitment.

This memorial is a center piece of a larger complex which is located in the central region of Washington DC which built in commemoration of the soldiers who lost their lives in the Vietnam War and those who were unaccounted for. It contains a huge wall which has inscribed on it, all the names of the people who lost their lives in the war. This is one of the most popular tourist spots in the city.

It is associated with two other monuments namely the Three soldiers memorial and the Women's memorial which is in remembrance to all the women who served in Vietnam.

Vietnam Veterans War Memorial Online

http://www.thewall-usa.com/

Vietnam Veterans Memorial on WIKI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial

The Veterans Memorial does not have any kind of fee or ticketing service however there may be some kind of pre planned set up needed for organized group tours. The best way to get here is by making use of the public transit system as parking services are not really easily available in the really crowded city of DC.

Tour advisory for visiting Vietnam Veterans Memorial

http://www.nps.gov/vive/planyourvisit/index.htm

Although there will not be the usual touristy thing to do in this place, it is a definite go to place, to visit when you are in this city in order to get an idea about the sacrifices made by the soldiers and it designed for coping with the difficult past of the United States of America.

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