The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is hosting the Reading of the Names of 58,256 service members inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. as part of the special activities planned this November to commemorate The Wall’s 25th Anniversary.

The Reading of the Names will take place at The Wall for 65 hours over a four-day period beginning with an opening ceremony on Wednesday, November 7, 2007 at 3:00 p.m.  Volunteers will read names for approximately eight hours from 4 p.m. on November 7 to 12 a.m. on November 8.  Participants will then read the names for 19 hours daily from 5 a.m. until 12 a.m. on November 8, 9, and 10.

The Reading of the Names took place in Washington, D.C. just three other times in The Wall’s history.  In November 1982, the names were read aloud at Washington National Cathedral as part of a week-long National Salute to Vietnam Veterans.  The names were read at The Wall during the 10th Anniversary celebration in November 1992 and during the 20th Anniversary celebration in 2002.

If you are interested in participating in the Reading of the Names, please fill out the registration form and send it to:

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
1023 15th Street NW
2nd Floor
Washington, D.C. 20005
Attention: Reading of the Names
Fax: (202) 393-0029 

The deadline for specific name requests is Friday, August 17.  All other forms are due no later than Friday, September 14.  Notification of reading times will be sent by October 1.

NOTE:  As of October 26, we will no longer be accepting registration forms.  However, we have many slots still available and welcome interested individuals to stop by the VVMF Information Tent near Henry Bacon Drive to participate.  Saturday slots are limited.

The following are approximations of when names will be read according to date of casualty.

Date	Start	End
Wednesday, November 7	June 1956	October 1966
Thursday, November 8	October 1966	March 1968
Friday, November 9	March 1968	April 1969
Saturday, November 10	April 1969	May 1975