Items Left at The Wall
poster, large-format framed
- Catalog Number:VIVE 10067
- Accession Date:6/8/1994
- Item Summary:Large-format, framed poster print entitled, "THE VIETNAM WOMEN'S MEMORIAL" upon a wooden tripod display easel. The graphic composition of the poster features the obsolete design of the Vietnam Women's Memorial ((VWM) i.e. a bronze statue of a single American nurse in military issue field attire, twisted at the hips and facing slightly to her right) printed at the center in grayscale in front of a United States National flag fluttering in the breeze at the background. The Miller Brewing Company corporate logo and the dedication, "A Legacy of Healing and Hope" are also incorporated into the poster design, along with contact information for, "The Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, Inc." in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Numerous handwritten signatures also adorn the obverse poster surface. The poster appears to represent an aspect of the fundraising/publicity campaign to construct the Vietnam Women's Memorial (VWM) upon the National Mall in Washington, D.C. as a component of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM) campus. The artifact was left at The Wall by an anonymous donor between May - June 1994.
Badge, Combat Infantryman first award
- Catalog Number:VIVE 01019
- Accession Date:5/23/1985
- Item Summary:Military issue, Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) first award (full color). The raised relief design of the badge features a model 1795 Springfield Arsenal musket on a light blue bar with a silver border, on and over an elliptical oak wreath. The bar is blue, the color associated with the Infantry Branch. The oak wreath symbolizes steadfastness, strength, and loyalty. The musket is adapted from the Infantry Branch Insignia and represents the first (1st) official U.S. shoulder arm to be produced in a government arsenal with interchangeable parts. Crossed model 1795 Springfield Arsenal muskets was adopted as the official Infantry Branch Insignia in 1924. The artifact was left at The Wall by an anonymous donor between April - May 1985. (Source: The Institute of Heraldry- http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil)
painting
- Catalog Number:VIVE 36077
- Accession Date:11/14/1990
- Associated Name(s) on The Wall: LEWIS H ABRAMS , HUMBERTO ACOSTA-ROSARIO , LEE A ADAMS , JOHN R ADAMS , HEINZ AHLMEYER JR , THOMAS R ALLEN , CLYDE D ALLOWAY , RALPH H ANGSTADT , FRANK A ARMSTRONG III , GLENN E ASMUSSEN , ALLEN J AVERY , ROBERT D AVERY , PAUL A AVOLESE , DARRELL E AYERS , JAMES H AYRES , RONALD L BABCOCK , ROBERT L BABULA , ARTHUR E BADER JR , FRANK N BADOLATI , ROBERT R BARNETT , MICHAEL L BATT , JONATHAN B BEDNAREK , QUENTIN R BEECHER , BURRISS N BEGLEY , RICHARD W BELL , WILLIAM BELL , MICHAEL S BIXEL , THOMAS J BLACKMAN , LYNN BLESSING , CHRISTOS C BOGIAGES JR , JAMES BOYD , WALTER BOYD , ALAN L BOYER , HERBERT O BRENNAN , ALBERT BRIGHAM , JOSEPH O BROWN , LOUIS BUCKLEY JR , DOUGLAS G BURD , JAMES E BUTLER , EARNEST R BYARS , JOSEPH H BYRNE , ANTHONY B CADWELL , FLOYD D CALDWELL , JOHNNY C CALHOUN , PORTER E CALLOWAY , WILLIAM E CAMPBELL , RALPH L CARLOCK , PAUL V CARLSON , JAMES E CARLTON JR , PATRICK H CARROLL , GARY A CHAVEZ , CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTT , CECIL J CLACK , JERRY P CLARK , DEAN E CLINTON , FRANK R COMPTON , GARY L CONAWAY , LORENZA CONNER , RICHARD W COOPER JR , ROBERT G COZART JR , RICHARD A CROSBY , ARIEL L CROSS , RAYMOND G CZERWIEC , PAUL S CZERWONKA , THOMAS C DAFFRON , DOUGLAS E DAHILL , RICHARD H DALLAS , EDWARD J DARCY , EDGAR F DAVIS , DONALD T DEERE , JOE L DELONG , JAMES R DENNISON , JERRY D DEWBERRY , WILLIAM E DILLENDER , JOHN F DINGWALL , DAVID L DIXON , VERNE G DONNELLY , JEFFERSON S DOTSON , JACK P DOVE SR , CARL W DRAKE , CHARLES G DUDLEY , IRBY DYER III , DENNIS K EADS , JOHN S EARLE , DAVID J EARLL , JAMES B EAST JR , NORMAN D EATON , RAYMOND L ECHEVARRIA , ARTHUR G ECKLUND , WILLIAM R EDMONDSON , HARRY J EDWARDS , JOHN C EGGER JR , NORMAN E EIDSMOE , FRANK C ELKINS , JERRY W ELLIOTT , BILLY J ELLIS , RICHARD G ELZINGA , ROGER G EMRICH , DANNY D ENTRICAN , CLEVELAND EVANS JR , MICKEY E EVELAND , LAWRENCE G EVERT , PATRICK M FALLON , JOSEPH P FANNING , WILLIAM F FARRIS , FIELDING W FEATHERSTON III , RONALD J FEGAN , DOUGLAS D FERGUSON , CLIFFORD W FIESZEL , WILLIAM R FINN , CHARLES E FINNEY , RICHARD W FISCHER , RICHARD A FITTS , BARRY F FIVELSON , PETER C FORAME , RANDOLPH W FORD , ROBERT E FOSTER , MARVIN L FOSTER , ROY G FOWLER , IAN J FRANKS , PETER J FREDERICK , EDMUND H FRENYEA , JOHN W FRINK , THOMAS W FRITSCH , FRANK E FULLERTON , ROBERT H GAGE , HENRY J GALLANT , RONALD E GALVIN , LEONARDO M GAN , ROGER C GAUGHAN , PAUL S GEE , JAMES E GEORGE JR , PAUL E GETCHELL , HENRY G GISH , THOMAS A GOETSCH , EDWARD F GOLD , ROBERT A GOMEZ , THOMAS A GOPP , WILLIAM D GORSUCH , ROBERT A GOVAN , ALBERT S GRAF , PAUL L GRAFFE , WILLIAM R GRAYSON , HAROLD A GREEN , FRANK C GREEN JR , JOSEPH G GREENLEAF , ROBERT L GREER , LARRY I GREWELL , RAUL A GUERRA , ANDRE R GUILLET , ALAN W GUNN , LEON F HAAS , HARLEY B HACKETT III , JOHN R HAGAN , WILLIAM W HAIL , WALTER L HALL , GARY L HALL , ROGER C HALLBERG , DAVID P HALPIN , EUGENE D HAMILTON , DENNIS W HAMMOND , LARRY J HANLEY , JOHN K HARDY JR , LARRY G HARRISON , ROBERT H HARRISON , ROBERT D HAUER , ROY E HAVILAND , LAWRENCE N HELBER , JOHN W HELD , JOHN R HENN JR , HENRY H HERRIN JR , GENE K HESS , JOHN R HILL , BILLY D HILL , DAVID H HOLMES , RICHARD W HOMUTH , JAMES L HUARD , LYNN R HUDDLESTON , ROY A HUSS , CHARLES G HUSTON , WALLACE G HYNDS JR , DONALD IANDOLI , DI R IBANEZ , ROBERT N IRELAND , ANDREW IVAN JR , MICHAEL J JABLONSKI , JAMES W JACKSON JR , JAMES JACOBS , EDWARD J JACOBS JR , ROBERT E JENNE , JUAN M JIMENEZ , WILLIAM D JOHNSON , BRUCE G JOHNSON , JOHNNY M JONES , LARRY M JORDAN , DANIEL E JURECKO , HAROLD KAHLER , CLAYTON C KEMP JR , JAMES E KENNEDY , THOMAS M KILCULLEN , WILLIAM A KIMSEY JR , PAUL C KING JR , MARSHALL F KIPINA , HENRY C KNIGHT , ROY A KNIGHT JR , JAMES W KOOI , DAVID S KRANER , BYRON K KULLAND , MICHAEL J KUSTIGIAN , JOHN C KWORTNIK , GARY R LA BOHN , MICHAEL L LA PORTE , MANUEL A LAUTERIO , GLENN H LEE , ROBERT LEE , CHARLES R LEE , WILLIAM E LEMMONS , JEFFREY C LEMON , MARVIN M LEONARD , LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JR , JOHN C LINDAHL , CHARLES D LINDBLOOM , ARTHUR J LORD , JAMES M LYON , HENRY E MACCANN , DONALD C MACLAUGHLIN JR , ARLIE R MANGUS , DANNY G MARSHALL , RICHARD C MARSHALL , PHILLIP L MASCARI , MARTIN J MASSUCCI , MICHAEL J MASTERSON , JOSEPH A MATEJOV , JOSEPH W MCDONALD , KURT C MCDONALD , JOHN T MCDONNELL , SCOTT W MCINTIRE , CLEMIE MCKINNEY , DAVID V MCLEOD JR , FRED H MCMURRAY JR , JAMES R MCQUADE , THOMAS MICHAEL , WILLIAM E MICKELSEN JR , RICHARD W MINNICH JR , RICHARD E MISHUK , WALTER H MOON , STEPHEN C MORELAND , LARRY K MORROW , HENRY L MOSBURG , CLINTON A MUSIL SR , DAVID G MYERS , JOHN B NAHAN III , BOBBY G NEELD , LARRY S NEWBURN , JAMES C NEWMAN JR , LEE E NORDAHL , CALVIN A NORRIS , LAWRENCE F NYMAN , WILLIAM C NYSTUL , KEVIN O'BRIEN , MICHAEL D O'DONNELL , HOWARD OGDEN JR , STANLEY E OLMSTEAD , SAMUEL W OSBORNE JR , PATRICK L OTT , WILLIAM A OTT , TIMOTHY S OWEN , JOY L OWENS , EUGENE M PABST , JOHN R PAINTER JR , FRANK C PARKER III , JOE PARKS , GARY PATE , DONALD E PAXTON , GORDON S PERISHO , CECIL C PERKINS JR , ALAN D PIITTMANN , THOMAS H PILKINGTON , CHARLIE S POOLE , RUSSELL A POOR , LOWELL S POWERS , ROY D PRATER , MANUEL R PUENTES , HARLEY B PYLES , MICHAEL E QUINN , INZAR W RACKLEY JR , DAYTON W RAGLAND , HARRY M RAVENNA III , ROLLIE K REAID , TERRY M REED , HAROLD E REID , WALTER A RENELT , RICHARD RICH , KENNETH D ROBINSON , VICTOR ROMERO , JOSEPH S ROSS , RICHARD L RUSSELL , RICHARD L RUSSELL , JOHN L RYDER , EDWARD J RYKOSKEY , ROBERT SAAVEDRA , FIDEL G SALAZAR , ROBERT L SANDNER , JAMES R SARGENT , RICHARD C SATHER , JAMES F SCHIELE , KLAUS D SCHOLZ , FRED T SCHRECKENGOST , VINCENT A SCUNGIO , SAMUEL A SHARP JR , WILLIAM C SHINN , DONALD M SHUE , WALTER H SIGAFOOS III , MAX C SIMPSON , WILLIAM E SKIVINGTON JR , EUGENE SMITH , HERBERT E SMITH , HOWARD H SMITH , JOSEPH S SMITH , WILLIAM A SMITH JR , HUGHIE F SNIDER , RONALD P SOUCY , GEORGE R SPITZ , HOWARD D STEPHENSON , DOUGLAS F STRAIT , JOHN S STUCKEY JR , DANIEL A SULANDER , ROGER W SWANSON , EDWARD P SZEYLLER , LEONARD M TADIOS , GEORGE F TALKEN , JAMES L TAYLOR , HARRY E THOMAS , PAUL D TICE , WILLIAM A TODD , MICHAEL J TYE , EDWARD TYLER , GEORGE E TYLER , RALPH E UHLMANSIEK , EDWARD C UPNER , RUSSEL K UTLEY , WOODROW W VADEN , CLIFFORD D VAN ARTSDALEN , RICHARD VANDEGEER , ROBERT N VENNIK , MILTON J VESCELIUS JR , PETER G VLAHAKOS , LEONARD F VOGT JR , BARTON S WADE , WILLIAM J WALKER , HOBART M WALLACE JR , DAVID J WAX , GARY P WESTCOTT , JAMES B WHITE , JOHN E WILBURN , DAVID B WILLIAMS , HOWARD K WILLIAMS , EDWARD W WILLIAMS , DAVID R WILLIAMS , JAMES E WILLIAMS , WOODROW WILSON , DONALD J WOLOSZYK , REX S WOOD , WALTER F WROBLESKI , BLAIR C WRYE , AUGUSTO M XAVIER , WILLIAM P YARBROUGH JR , RICHARD C YEEND JR , ROBERT M YOUNG , JAMES J ZAVOCKY , RONALD L ZEMPEL , DELAND D ZUBKE , JOSEPH A ZUTTERMAN JR
- Item Summary:Artwork, painting dedicated to POW*MIA service personnel listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM) and entitled, "THE DOOR" by Cedar Shoals High School (Athens, Georgia) student & artist Worth Parker. The painting is executed by-hand in various colors of acrylic [?] paint upon a sliding glass door panel and incorporates aesthetic motifs including: the national POW*MIA logo, Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" helicopters, Grumman A-6 Intruder heavy strike aircraft, an impressionistic sunset, & a squad of seven (7) service personnel armed and exiting a troop transport. The painting also bears the hand-painted names of three hundred and sixty-seven (367) service personnel identified at the time of production as POW*MIA by the Department of Defense (DOD) and whose names are consequently listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM). Nine (9) additional names of individual service members are also listed on the artwork, but could not be located in the DOD Wall Memorial database. The painting was subsequently donated to L.Z. Friendly, who left the artifact at The Wall along with another artwork by Worth Parker entitled, "THE CAGE" (VIVE (7011)) on Veterans Day, November 11, 1990.
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- Accession Group:VIVE-00077
- Record Component Qty:2
- Item Description:ASSEMBLAGE DEDICATED TO POW*MIA SERVICE PERSONNEL LISTED ON THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) AND CONSISTING OF: COMPONENT (A) ARTWORK, PAINTING ENTITLED, "THE DOOR" AND COMPONENT (B) ENGRAVED BRASS METAL COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE. COMPONENT (A) ARTWORK, PAINTING ENTITLED, "THE DOOR" BY CEDAR SHOALS HIGH SCHOOL (GEORGIA) STUDENT AND ARTIST WORTH PARKER AND PAINTED UPON A SLIDING GLASS DOOR PANEL. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED BLACK METAL SLIDING GLASS DOOR FRAME WITH A BLACK POLY-PLASTIC DOOR HANDLE AT THE PROPER RIGHT-HAND SIDE AND TWO (2) LARGE PANES OF TEMPERED GLASS AT THE OBVERSE AND REVERSE OBJECT SURFACES. THE GLASS PANE AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE IS HAND-PAINTED IN BLACK, WHITE, GRAY, GREEN AND YELLOW ACRYLIC PAINT IN A MOTIF CONSISTING OF: A DEPICTION OF THE POW*MIA LOGO IN BLACK AND WHITE AT THE UPPER, PROPER LEFT-HAND CORNER, DIRECTLY ABOVE A REPRESENTATION OF A BELL UH-1 IROQUOIS HELICOPTER (ALSO REFERRED TO UNOFFICIALLY AS A, "HUEY") EXECUTED IN BLACK, WHITE, GREEN, & YELLOW, AND A FRONTAL VIEW OF A GRUMMAN A-6 INTRUDER HEAVY STRIKE AIRCRAFT EXECUTED IN BLACK, WHITE, AND GRAY AT THE LOWER, PROPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER. SURROUNDING THESE GRAPHIC IMAGES ABOVE, BELOW, AND TO THE PROPER RIGHT-HAND SIDE AND STRETCHING FROM THE UPPER TO THE LOWER EDGE (AND PROPER RIGHT- TO PROPER LEFT-HAND SIDE) OF THE GLASS PANE ARE HAND-PAINTED NAMES OF AMERICAN SERVICE PERSONNEL DESIGNATED AS POW*MIA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) AND WHOSE NAMES APPEAR ON THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM). THE GLASS PANE AT THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE IS HAND-PAINTED IN BLACK, WHITE, GRAY, RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, AND GREEN ACRYLIC PAINT IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT CREATES A BACKDROP FOR THE GLASS PANE AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE. THE MOTIF OF THIS REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE GLASS PANE CONSISTS OF: AN IMPRESSIONISTIC VIEW OF A SUNSET EXECUTED IN RED, ORANGE, AND YELLOW, A PROFILE VIEW OF TWO (2) GRUMMAN A-6 INTRUDER HEAVY STRIKE AIRCRAFT DELIVERING BOMB PAYLOADS AT THE UPPER, PROPER LEFT-HAND CORNER, A PROFILE VIEW OF A BELL UH-1 IROQUOIS "HUEY" HELICOPTER AT THE UPPER, PROPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER, A FRONTAL VIEW OF TWO (2) ADDITIONAL BELL UH-1 IROQUOIS "HUEY" HELICOPTERS, A FRONTAL VIEW OF TWO (2) ADDITIONAL GRUMMAN A-6 INTRUDER HEAVY STRIKE AIRCRAFT, AND A SQUAD OF SEVEN (7) SOLDIERS IN PROFILE ARMED AND IN FIELD ATTIRE EXITING WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TROOP TRANSPORT EXECUTED IN BLACK AND WHITE ALONG THE LOWER EDGE OF THE PANEL. COMPONENT (B) ENGRAVED BRASS METAL COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE. THE RECTANGULARLY SHAPED PLAQUE WAS ONCE AFFIXED TO THE ARTWORK (ALTHOUGH IT HAS NOW BECOME DISJOINED) AND IDENTIFIES THE TITLE OF THE PIECE, "THE DOOR", ARTIST, "WORTH PARKER", DONOR, "L.Z. FRIENDLY", AND DATE OF DONATION, "NOVEMBER 11, 1990" (VETERANS DAY). ACCORDING TO A DONOR LETTER ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED WITH THE OBJECT THE ARTIFACT WAS CREATED BY WORTH PARKER, A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AT CEDAR SHOALS HIGH SCHOOL IN ATHENS, GEORGIA. THE ARTIFACT WAS THEN DONATED TO L.Z. FRIENDLY, WHO LEFT IT AT THE WALL ALONG WITH ANOTHER ART INSTALLATION BY WORTH PARKER ENTITLED, "THE CAGE" (VIVE (7011)) ON VETERANS DAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1990. TURNER BOOK, PG. 220. THE OBJECT IS ASSOCIATED WITH VIVE (7011).
- Associated Item Text: Text of the engraved inscription upon the obverse object surface of COMPONENT (B) is transcribed in full, as follows: " "THE DOOR" / BY WORTH PARKER / PRESENTED TO THE VVM / NOV. 11, 1990 / BY / L.Z. FRIENDLY, ATHENS, GA"
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Item Dimensions and Weight:
- Item Weight: 31.0kg
- Item Length: 200.5cm
- Item Width: 92.0cm
- Item Height: N/A
- Item Depth: 4.0cm (Panel depth)
- Item Notes:ACCORDING TO A DONOR LETTER ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED WITH THE OBJECT THE ARTIFACT WAS CREATED BY WORTH PARKER, A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AT CEDAR SHOALS HIGH SCHOOL IN ATHENS, GEORGIA. THE ARTIFACT WAS THEN DONATED TO L.Z. FRIENDLY, WHO LEFT IT AT THE WALL MEMORIAL ALONG WITH ANOTHER ART INSTALLATION BY WORTH PARKER ENTITLED, "THE CAGE" (VIVE (7011)) ON VETERANS DAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1990.
THE FOLLOWING NAMES OF SERVICE PERSONNEL WERE LISTED UPON THE ARTWORK (COMPONENT (A)), BUT WERE NOT LOCATED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) WALL MEMORIAL DATABASE:
JAMES H. ACKLEY
ROBERT GINO EBY
DANA STONE
JOHN R. TAVARES
JOHN SUNG YIM
ROBERT CURTIS BURTON, JR.
TANOS E. KALIL
DANIEL LEE NIEHOUSE
RUSSELL D. GALERAITH
Dimensions listed above are for COMPONENT (A) only. Measurements for COMPONENT (B) are as follows:
[COMPONENT (B)]:
5.5cm (L) X 6.25cm (W) X 15.8g (Weight)
COMMENTS
Items left at The Wall - The Virtual Collection
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated on November 13, 1982. Shortly thereafter, visitors to the Memorial began leaving items in memoriam to those killed and missing service members listed on The Wall. These artifacts now collectively comprise the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection -- a museum collection of more than 400,000 items held in the public trust by the National Park Service. Today, this Collection is among the largest and most actively researched collections in the National Capital Region.
The Collection is jointly curated by National Mall and Memorial Parks and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF). The VVMF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that relies upon public donations to continue its work, and receives no federal funding.
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