ITEMS LEFT AT THE WALL

Forty-five (45) Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM) name rubbings dedicated to various VVM Wall honorees. The artifacts were left at The Wall by an anonymous donor between October 2009 - January 2010.

FORTY-FIVE (45) VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) NAME RUBBINGS FOR: U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) DONALD WARD EVANS, JR., U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) STEVIE RAY GIBSON, U.S. ARMY CORPORAL (CPL) DONALD WAYNE THOMPSON, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) PAUL EDWARD MANSKE, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) JOHN CHARLES FAIDLEY, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) ROBERT JOSEPH GOLD, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) THOMAS CARROLL NICKERSON, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) CLINTON ARNOLD SMITH, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) DONALD EDWARD KREUSCHER, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) PETER ALAN HILL, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) RUSSELL LEE BLANTON, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) KENNETH AUBREY PETERSON, U.S. ARMY FIRST LIEUTENANT (1LT) JOHN H. LATTIN, JR., U.S. ARMY CORPORAL (CPL) GUILLERMO ESTRADA, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) CARL SPAUL THORNE-THOMSEN, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) RAYMOND JESUS PALACIO, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) JOHN R BARFIELD, U.S. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT (SSG) JAMES MAURICE MOSGROVE, JR., U.S. ARMY CORPORAL (CPL) ALEX RAY HOUSTON, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) BOBBY JOE BONIN, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) ARTHUR CLEON ROESLER, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) FRANK LOUIS STEC, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) LARRY DEAN BARTON, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) JIMMY EDWIN FLYNN, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) JOHN STEVEN MCCONNELL, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) JOHN GAYLEALON DAVIS, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) ISRAEL LONZO INGRAM, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) ARMAND JAMES AUFIERE, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) JOSEPH DONAT NOEL, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) RANDOLPH TODD BUTLER, U.S. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT (SSG) HAROLD JAMES WESOLICK, JR., U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) WALTER RAYMOND WASCHICK, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) DENNIS LEROY HUBBARD, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT FIRST CLASS (SFC) EUGENE ALLEN HANDRAHAN, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) WILLIE HAYWARD HUNTER, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) CARSON GREGORY CULLETON, U.S. ARMY CORPORAL (CPL) RICHARD BENJAMIN, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) ROBERT JOHN FRISK, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) GIVEN WEST BRADLEY, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE (PVT) LARRY EUGENE ELMORE, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) SAMMY BUFFINGTON, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) LARRY GENE DEARING, U.S. ARMY CORPORAL (CPL) STEVEN MICHAEL STOFKO, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) EUGENE AMBROSE WARD, & U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) GORDON J. GRAHAM, RESPECTIVELY. EACH NAME RUBBING CONSISTS OF A RUBBED IMPRESSION OF THE VVM WALL HONOREE NAME EXECUTED IN BLACK CRAYON AND BLOCK SCRIPT UPON THE CENTER OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED SEGMENT OF WHITE, UNLINED, LAMINATED PAPER. AT THE CENTER OF THE PROPER LEFT-HAND EDGE OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF EACH NAME RUBBING, A CIRCULARLY SHAPED HOLE IS PUNCHED THROUGH THE LAMINATED PAPER AND A LENGTH OF YELLOW, POLY-PLASTIC RIBBON IS KNOTTED AND THUSLY AFFIXED TO THE NAME RUBBING. A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT (PORTRAIT ORIENTATION) OF THE VVM WALL HONOREE WAS ORIGINALLY EVIDENT UPON THE PROPER RIGHT-HAND EDGE OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF EACH NAME RUBBING, ALTHOUGH EACH OF THESE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS APPEAR TO HAVE FADED TO ILLEGIBILITY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF EXPOSURE OF THE NAME RUBBINGS TO SOME FORM OF LIQUID (MOST LIKELY WATER [?]) RESULTING IN BLEEDING OF INKS AND SUFFUSING OF THOSE INKS INTO THE SURROUNDING PAPER FIBERS COMPRISING EACH NAME RUBBING. SIMILARLY, THE NAME, MILITARY RANK, CASUALTY DATE, AND VVM WALL LOCATION INFORMATION FOR EACH VVM WALL HONOREE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN PRINTED IN BLACK OR BLUE INK [?] AND BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS ALONG THE LOWER EDGE OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF EACH NAME RUBBING, ALTHOUGH EACH OF THESE PRINTED INSCRIPTIONS APPEAR TO HAVE FADED TO ILLEGIBILITY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF EXPOSURE OF THE NAME RUBBINGS TO SOME FORM OF LIQUID (MOST LIKELY WATER [?]) RESULTING IN BLEEDING OF INKS AND SUFFUSING OF THOSE INKS INTO THE SURROUNDING PAPER FIBERS COMPRISING EACH NAME RUBBING.

Text of the rubbed inscriptions upon the obverse object surfaces of all forty-five (45) VVM name rubbings is transcribed in full, as follows: "DONALD W EVANS Jr / STEVIE RAY GIBSON / DONALD W THOMPSON / PAUL E MANSKE / JOHN C FAIDLEY / ROBERT J GOLD / THOMAS C NICKERSON / CLINTON A SMITH / DONALD E KREUSCHER / PETER A HILL / RUSSELL L BLANTON / KENNETH A PETERSON / JOHN H LATTIN Jr / GUILLERMO ESTRADA / CARL S THORNE-THOMSEN / RAYMOND J PALACIO / JOHN R BARFIELD / JAMES M MOSGROVE / ALEX R HOUSTON / BOBBY JOE BONIN / ARTHUR C ROESLER / FRANK L STEC / LARRY D BARTON / JIMMY E FLYNN / JOHN S McCONNELL / JOHN G DAVIS / ISRAEL L INGRAM / ARMAND J AUFIERE / JOSEPH D NOEL / RANDOLPH T BUTLER / HAROLD J WESOLICK Jr / WALTER R WASCHICK / DENNIS L HUBBARD / EUGENE A HANDRAHAN / WILLIE H HUNTER / CARSON G CULLETON / RICHARD BENJAMIN / ROBERT J FRISK / GIVEN W BRADLEY / LARRY E ELMORE / SAMMY BUFFINGTON / LARRY GENE DEARING / STEVEN M STOFKO / EUGENE A WARD / GORDON J GRAHAM"

Item Weight: 2.4g (Weight of an individual name rubbing only)
Item Length: 5.0cm
Item Width: 26.8cm