Index to panels of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
Click a date or panel number below to see the names on that panel of
the Wall. The panel pages link to memorial pages for each person.
At the bottom of this page you can read about:
the order of the names and some names are missing.
Some names were recently added to the Wall.
The East Wall Nov 21, 1957 to May 25, 1968
The West Wall May 25, 1968 to May 15, 1975
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Order of the names: The Wall in Washington, DC has the names listed in the order of the date of death or when the person became missing. The earliest casualties are named on line 1 of panel 1 East, at the center of the Wall. The list of names goes down panel 1 East, then to the right to line 1 of panel 2 East. That sequence moves to the right to panel 70 East, at the east end of the Wall, which has one row of names of those killed on May 25, 1968. That date continues at the opposite end of the Wall, on panel 70 West. The names then continue to the right to panel 1 West, which is adjacent to panel 1 East. Architect Maya Lin, the designer, wanted the Wall to tell the day-by-day story of the tragedy of deaths. She also specified that the end of the list of names be near the beginning, to show a closed circle, like a wound that is closed and healing. Many persons classified as Missing In Action are listed on the last panel, panel 1 West, rather than on the day of the incident. Some names are missing: Inevitably, errors were made when the names of our Vietnam dead were compiled in preparation for the construction of the Wall. Some men who shouldn't be on the Wall were, while others who should have been were not. The first problem was corrected by deleting names from the Directory, but those names remain on the Wall itself (you can't "unengrave" granite). Over the years names have been added - some for men who died of wounds received, some for men whose names were missed in the original compilation. However, even today there are men whose names rightfully should appear on the Wall but who are not there. Where possible, The Virtual Wall staff have documented these deaths, reported the omissions to the Department of Defense, and have placed them in a special index; they are the men who are Missing From The Wall |
Click on any name to see that person's memorial page.
| Should be on or near Panel 29E Line 1: SSG J. L. Antrich |
| Added Memorial Day, 2012 at Panel 09E Line 12: ATC J. W. Aubin |
| Added Memorial Day, 2012 at Panel W16 Line 106: Johnny O. Brooks |
| Should be on or near Panel 63E Line 16: SP4 Johnson Coleman |
| Added Memorial Day, 2012 at Panel W28 Line 94: David L. Deckard |
| Added Memorial Day, 2012 at Panel 10E Line 77: David M. Desilets |
| To Be added in 2013 or near Panel 06E Line 133: ATR3 Clark D. Franklin |
| Added Memorial Day, 2012 at Panel 07E Line 12: ATR3 Richard C. Hunt |
| Added Memorial Day, 2012 at Panel W19 Line 95: SP4 Larry M. Kelly |
| Added Memorial Day, 2012 at Panel 02E Line 42: AN Albert K. Kuewa |
| Added Memorial Day, 2012 at Panel 08E Line 17: LT Walter A. Linzy |
| Should be on or near Panel 58W Line 20: SP5 Gannon C. Milby, Jr |
| Added Memorial Day, 2012 at Panel 15E Line 96: CPL Frank A. Neary |
| Should be on or near Panel 52W Line 14: MSG Cornelius V. Spillane, Jr |
| Should be on or near Panel 53W Line 36: SGT Charley V. Stanley |
| Added Memorial Day, 2012 at Panel 15E Line 36: ATR3 Richard D. Stocker |
| To be added Memorial Day, 2013 at or near Panel W23: SP4 Raymond C. Thompson |
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