ITEMS LEFT AT THE WALL

Artifact assemblage comprised of thirty-seven (37) individual United States national flags, also referred to as "American" flags, each dedicated to a Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM) Wall honoree. Each individual flag bears an affixed, printed inscription with an individual service member's Wall location information, birth/death dates, branch of service, military rank, hometown of record, and the phrase, "REMEMBERED TODAY". The artifact assemblage was left at The Wall by an anonymous donor between December 1998 - January 1999.

ASSEMBLAGE CONSISTING OF THIRTY-SEVEN (37) INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES NATIONAL FLAGS, ALSO REFERRED TO AS "AMERICAN" FLAGS, DEDICATED TO VARIOUS VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) WALL HONOREES. ALL THIRTY-SEVEN (37) FLAGS ARE IDENTICAL IN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION AND EACH IS COMPRISED OF RED, WHITE, AND BLUE POLYESTER-BLEND [?] FABRIC WITH A BLUE CANTON CONTAINING FIFTY (50) EMBROIDERED WHITE, FIVE (5)-POINTED STARS, A FIELD OR GROUND BEARING THIRTEEN (13) ALTERNATING, HORIZONTAL RED AND WHITE STRIPES, AND A HOIST EDGE AFFIXED VIA TWO (2) METAL STAPLES TO A LENGTH OF WOODEN DOWEL (APPROX. 26.0CM) WHICH SERVES AS A FLAGPOLE OR STAFF. EACH OF THE WOODEN DOWELS OR FLAGPOLES IS TOPPED WITH AN AFFIXED, GOLD COLORED, POLY-PLASTIC STAFF ORNAMENT OR FINIAL, AND BEARS A PRINTED INSCRIPTION IN BLACK INK AND BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS UPON A STRIP OF WHITE PAPER AFFIXED TO THE CENTER OF THE FLAGPOLE VIA A STRIP OF CLEAR, ADHESIVE SCOTCH TAPE. EACH OF THESE PRINTED INSCRIPTIONS CONTAINS A NAME FROM THE WALL, WALL LOCATION INFORMATION, BIRTH/DEATH DATES, BRANCH OF SERVICE, RANK, HOMETOWN OF RECORD, AND THE PHRASE, "REMEMBERED TODAY". FURTHERMORE, SEVERAL OF THE WOODEN DOWELS BEAR A HANDWRITTEN INSCRIPTION IN BLACK INK AND ARABIC NUMERALS AT THE LOWER END READING, "3 / 1.00", PRESUMABLY A REFERENCE TO A PURCHASE PRICE FOR THE FLAGS OF THREE (3) FLAGS FOR $1.00 U.S.D. [?]

Text of the printed inscriptions of each individual flag is as follows: [#1] "04E 74 / Lloyd Dean Lake / Salina, Kansas / MC / 10/4/45 1/15/66 / PFC / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#2] "04E 60 / Daniel L. Sherman / Overland Park, Kansas / AR / 12/26/40 1/9/66 / PFC / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#3] "03W 22 / Edmond Lambert MacNeil / Winthrop, Mass / AR / 11/16/44 5/2/71 / 1LT / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#4] "05E 6 / Timothy Lee Hayes / Indianapolis, IN / AR / 11/16/44 2/6/66 / PFC / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#5] "19W125 / Roger Lee Jameson / Salina, Kansas / AR / 6/16/50 8/27/69 / PFC / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#6] "25W 41 / Dennis DuWayne Palm / Varna, Illinois / AR / 11/7/48 5/10/69 / CPL / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#7] "14E 7 / Morris Craig Wheeler / Muncie, Kansas / MC / 3/26/47 1/10/67 / LCPL / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#8] "20E123 / JOHNNY (JOHN DAVID) ROGERS / Fort Scott, Kansas / MC / 12/10/46 5/26/67 / CPC / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#9] "01W103 / Gerald R. Alley / Salina, Kansas / AF / 7/28/34 12/22/72 / COL / REMEMBERED TODAY / MIA Returned" / [#10] "22W 5 / Gene Allen Myers / St. Marys, Kansas / AR / 5/21/48 6/9/69 / SP4 / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#11] "36W 59 / Elmer Gerald Sikorki / Cleveland, Ohio / MC / 11/16/44 12/21/68 / SSGT / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#12] "28E105 / Michael Gene Phillips / Salina, Kansas / AR / 5/17/47 10/31/67 / SP4 / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#13] "30E 16 / Edward Wm Lehnhoff Jr / Fort Scott, KS & KU / AF / 3/14/36 11/18/67 / LTC / REMEMBERED TODAY / MIA Returned" / [#14] "18W101 / Dennis Alan Denton / Holton, Kansas / MC / 1/31/50 9/17/69 / PFC / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#15] "29W 88 / Richard Lee Fiffe / Concordia, Kansas / AR / 4/19/49 3/20/69 / CPL / REMEMBERED TODAY / [#16] "45E 20 / John Anthony Fera / Danvers, Maine / AR / 11/16/44 3/18/68 / 1LT / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#17] "21W 30 / Richard Taylor Sellers / Pales Verdes Etat, CA / AR / 11/16/44 1/28/69 / 2LT / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#18] "40E 71 / Loyd Meredith Willson / University of Kansas / AR / 11/17/40 2/22/68 / CAPT / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#19] "42E 5 / HARRY IVAN FUQUA JR. / Leavenworth, Kansas / AR / 7/1/47 2/29/68 / PFC / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#20] "17W 93 / Stephan Harris Allison / Statesville, NC / MC / 11/16/44 10/20/69 / CPL / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#21] "35E 55 / Robert Lewis Kellas / Arlington, VA / AR / 11/16/44 1/28/68 / 1LT / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#22] "06W 34 / KENNETH LAVERN BROWN / Fort Scott, Kansas / AR / 1/11/50 11/02/70 / SP5 / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#23] "19W 9 / Alan Wayne Breashers / Fort Scott, Kansas / NA / 10/10/48 6/12/69 / HM3 / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#24] "57E 3 / Eddie Dean Gadson / Salina, Kansas / MC / 3/ 9/49 5/ 8/68 / PFC / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#25] "47W 34 / Richard Lee Treas / Muncie, Kansas / AR / 8/20/35 8/22/68 / CAPT / REMEMBERED TODAY" [#26] "06W 8 / Donald Britton Sowell / Valdosta, GA / AR / 11/16/44 10/18/70 / PVT / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#27] "18E 28 / Antonio Flores Jr / Needville, TX / AR / 11/16/44 4/15/67 / PFC / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#28] "22W 11 / Gearold Lee Brandt / Salina, Kansas / AR / 5/ 8/50 6/10/69 / PFC / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#29] "20E 49 / Donald Fred Schafer / Allen Park, Michigan / MC / 11/16/44 5/19/67 / 2LT / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#30] "06E 80 / Gary Dean Nail / Salina, Kansas / MC / 8/17/45 4/03/66 / CPL / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#31] "11E 13 / Clifton Emmet Cushman / University of Kansas / AF / 6/2/38 9/25/66 / MAJ / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#32] "12W 22 / Dennis Gerard Pugh / Salina, Kansas / AF / 2/10/44 3/19/70 / CAPT / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#33] "18E118 / William Russell Beller Jr. / Salina, Kansas / MC / 10/27/46 4/30/67 / PFC / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#34] "22W120 / Terry August Householter / Concordia, Kansas / MC / 9/17/48 6/23/69 / CPL / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#35] "14W130 / Michael Hugh Breeding / University of Kansas / MC / 3/19/45 2/12/70 / 1LT / REMEMBERED TODAY" / [#36] "25W104 / John Arthur Love / Liberal, Kansas / AR / 11/26/46 4/26/68 / SGT / REMEMBERED TODAY"

Item Weight: 5.1g
Item Length: 11.0cm
Item Width: 16.25cm