As I’m writing this post, there are current 1,567 missing and unaccounted for Americans from the Vietnam war. Each name is preceded (on the West wall) or followed (on the East wall) by a symbol designating status. ◆ Symbol denotes that the service member is known dead or presumed dead.+ Symbol denotes that the service…

The history and controversy of when the first names on ‘The Wall’ begin is a very interesting one. To this day, there is still conflict on what date the names on ‘The Wall’ should begin. But it is important to note that the names are listed by casualty date, starting at Panel 1E, at the…