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From the collection of the National Park Service, National Mall and Memorial Parks.
rubbing, VVM name
VIVE 03890
06/19/1986
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM) name rubbing for U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal (LCpl) David Lee Gale upon a VVM Wall rubbing sheet. The VVM Wall location information, "Wall 19E / line 94" is handwritten upon the obverse surface of the name rubbing. The artifact was left at Panel 19E of The Wall by an anonymous donor between May - June 1986.
VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) NAME RUBBING FOR U.S. MARINE CORPS LANCE CORPORAL (LCPL) DAVID LEE GALE. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A RUBBED IMPRESSION OF THE VVM WALL HONOREE NAME, "DAVID L GALE" EXECUTED IN GRAPHITE PENCIL AND BLOCK SCRIPT UPON THE CENTER OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF A VVM WALL RUBBING SHEET. THE WALL RUBBING SHEET CONSISTS OF A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED SHEET OF WHITE, UNLINED PAPER WITH A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED, BLACK PRINTED BORDER AND THE DATES OF AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE VIETNAM WAR, "1959" AND, "1975" PRINTED IN BLACK INK AND ARABIC NUMERALS WITH AN ACCOMPANYING QUOTATION FOR EACH PRINTED IN BLACK INK AND BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS AT THE UPPER, PROPER LEFT-HAND AND LOWER, PROPER RIGHT-HAND CORNERS OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, RESPECTIVELY. THE VVM WALL LOCATION INFORMATION, "WALL 19E / LINE 94" IS HANDWRITTEN IN GRAPHITE PENCIL AND BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS AT THE UPPER, PROPER LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE.
VIVE-00024
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Text of the printed, rubbed, & handwritten inscriptions upon the obverse object surface is transcribed in full, as follows: [Obverse object surface, upper, proper left-hand corner, printed inscription] "1959 / IN HONOR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR, THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AND OF THOSE WHO REMAIN MISSING ARE INSCRIBED IN THE ORDER THEY WERE TAKEN FROM US." / [Obverse object surface, lower, proper right-hand corner, printed inscription] "1975 / OUR NATION HONORS THE COURAGE, SACRIFICE AND DEVOTION TO DUTY AND COUNTRY OF ITS VIETNAM VETERANS. / THIS MEMORIAL WAS BUILT WITH PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. / NOVEMBER 11, 1982" / [Obverse object surface, center, rubbed inscription] "DAVID L GALE" / [Obverse object surface, upper, proper left-hand corner, handwritten inscription] "Wall 19E / line 94"
Item Weight: 2.2g
Item Length: 10.7cm
Item Width: 27.9cm