Vietnam War Memorial, Virginia State Monument, Newport News, VA, USA
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Virginia State Vietnam Memorial located in Huntington Park next to the Virginia State War Museum in Newport News, Virginia. There are four additional memorials located in this park.
Waymark Code: WM52YC
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 11/02/2008
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A two section memorial located on a circular plaza. The larger part of the memorial consists of a four sided rectangular pillar made of highly polished gray marble or granite. This pillar has the emblems of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force on each of the four sides. At the bottom on each of the four sides is the POW/MIA emblem with the inscription "WE HONOR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR BEST". The second part of the memorial is a circular cement pillar topped by an eternal flame and a long rectangular bronze plaque with dedication on the front of the memorial. This state Vietnam war memorial is notable in that it does not include the names of the Virginians who lost their lives in the Vietnam War. Instead, the names of the 1,304 Virginians who died in the Vietnam war are included in the 11,600 names inscribed on the Virginia War Memorial located in Richmond, Virginia.
Dedication:
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The Vietnam War Monument was created to honor the "living, missing and dead" from the Vietnam War, 1959 - 1975.
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Placed by:: Vietnam War Monument Foundation, Inc.
Date Placed: 08/01/1992
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