ITEMS LEFT AT THE WALL

Artifact assemblage consisting of five (5) Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM) name rubbings upon VVM Wall rubbing sheets for various Wall honorees & a handwritten note. The note reads, "Someone put in memory / 19th Engeniers [sic]". The artifact assemblage was left at The Wall by an anonymous donor between January - May 2010.

ASSEMBLAGE DEDICATED TO U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) HERBERT RANDOLPH RAGANS, U.S. NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN, PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS (HM2) TERRENCE E. KIERZNOWSKI, U.S. ARMY CORPORAL (CPL) KENNETH ALLEN MASON, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) DONALD SIDNEY SKIDGEL, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) BRUCE ANDERSON MURRAY, & U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) TERRY LEON KELLY AND CONSISTING OF: COMPONENTS (A - E) VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) NAME RUBBINGS & COMPONENT (F) HANDWRITTEN NOTE. COMPONENT (A) VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) NAME RUBBING FOR U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) HERBERT RANDOLPH RAGANS & U.S. NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN, PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS (HM2) TERRENCE E. KIERZNOWSKI. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF RUBBED IMPRESSIONS OF THE VVM WALL HONOREE NAMES, "HERBERT R RAGANS" & "TERRENCE E KIERZNOWSKI" 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. COMPONENT (B) VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) NAME RUBBING FOR U.S. ARMY CORPORAL (CPL) KENNETH ALLEN MASON. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A RUBBED IMPRESSION OF THE VVM WALL HONOREE NAME, "KENNETH A MASON" EXECUTED IN GRAPHITE PENCIL AND BLOCK SCRIPT UPON THE UPPER EDGE 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. COMPONENT (C) VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) NAME RUBBING FOR U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) DONALD SIDNEY SKIDGEL. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A RUBBED IMPRESSION (INVERTED) OF THE VVM WALL HONOREE NAME, "DONALD S SKIDGEL" EXECUTED IN GRAPHITE PENCIL AND BLOCK SCRIPT UPON THE LOWER EDGE 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. COMPONENT (D) VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) NAME RUBBING FOR U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) BRUCE ANDERSON MURRAY. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A RUBBED IMPRESSION OF THE VVM WALL HONOREE NAME, "BRUCE A MURRAY" EXECUTED IN GRAPHITE PENCIL AND BLOCK SCRIPT UPON THE UPPER, PROPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER 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. COMPONENT (E) VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) NAME RUBBING FOR U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) TERRY LEON KELLY. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A RUBBED IMPRESSION OF THE VVM WALL HONOREE NAME, "TERRY L KELLY" 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. COMPONENT (F) HANDWRITTEN NOTE. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A NOTE HANDWRITTEN IN GRAPHITE PENCIL AND BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS UPON THE UPPER, PROPER LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF A VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) WALL RUBBING SHEET. THE NOTE READS, "SOMEONE PUT IN MEMORY / 19TH ENGENIERS [sic]". A RUBBED IMPRESSION OF THE PARTIAL VVM WALL HONOREE NAME, "IRWIN" IS ALSO EXECUTED IN GRAPHITE PENCIL AND BLOCK SCRIPT UPON THE CENTER OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF THE VVM WALL RUBBING SHEET. THE WALL RUBBING SHEET CONSISTS OF A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED SHEET OF WHITE, UNLINED PAPER WITH A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED, BLACK PRINTED FIELD ALONG THE UPPER ONE-THIRD (1/3) OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE BEARING THE INSCRIPTION, "VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL" PRINTED IN WHITE INK AND BLOCK SCRIPT. AT THE UPPER, PROPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, THE VVM WALL RUBBING SHEET BEARS A ONE (1) PARAGRAPH SET OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR, "LOCATING A NAME" PRINTED IN BLACK INK AND BLOCK SCRIPT, WHILE THE MEMORIAL INFORMATION, "VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL / WASHINGTON, D.C. / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR" IS PRINTED IN BLACK INK AND BLOCK SCRIPT AT THE LOWER, PROPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE. AT THE CENTER, PROPER LEFT-HAND EDGE OF THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, TWO (2) FIELDS ARE PRE-PRINTED IN BLACK INK AND BLOCK SCRIPT FOR, "PANEL #______" AND "LINE #______", RESPECTIVELY. AT THE CENTER OF THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, FOUR (4) COLUMNS OF PRINTED WALL LOCATION INFORMATION COMPRISED OF TWO (2) COLUMNS EACH, HEADED, "DATE______PANEL-LINE", AND CORRELATING VVM PANEL & LINE NUMBER TO CASUALTY DATE ARE PRINTED IN BLACK INK AND BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS.

Text of the printed, rubbed, & handwritten inscriptions upon the obverse and reverse object surfaces of COMPONENTS (A - F) is transcribed in full, as follows: [COMPONENTS (A - E), obverse object surfaces, upper, proper left-hand corners, printed inscriptions] "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." / [COMPONENTS (A - E), obverse object surfaces, lower, proper right-hand corners, printed inscriptions] "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" / [COMPONENT (F), obverse object surface, printed inscription] "Vietnam Veterans Memorial" / [COMPONENT (F), reverse object surface, printed inscriptions] "Locating a Name / All the names, with panel and line location, are listed in an alphabetical directory at the memorial. / Also, if the date of casualty is known, the guide below shows how to find any par-ticular [sic] time so the name can be searched out. / Vietnam Veterans Memorial / Washington, D.C. / National Park Service / U.S. Department of the Interior / Date Panel-Line [repeated four (4) times as a column heading] / July 1959 1E-1 / January 1962 1E-4 / January 1963 1E-15 / January 1964 1E-39 / January 1965 1E-81 / April 1965 1E-99 / July 1965 2E-26 / October 1965 2E-100 / November 1965 3E-10 / December 1965 3E-119 / January 1966 4E-47 / February 1966 4E-127 / March 1966 5E-92 / April 1966 6E-70 / May 1966 7E-15 / June 1966 7E-130 / July 1966 8E-114 / August 1966 9E-92 / September 1966 10E-59 / October 1966 11E-32 / November 1966 12E-2 / December 1966 12E-131 / January 1967 13E-106 / February 1967 14E-102 / March 1967 15E-124 / April 1967 17E-83 / May 1967 19E-2 / June 1967 21E-25 / July 1967 22E-90 / August 1967 24E-58 / September 1967 25E-76 / October 1967 27E-35 / November 1967 28E-107 / December 1967 31E-20 / January 1968 33E-11 / February 1968 36E-45 / March 1968 42E-12 / April 1968 47E-29 / May 1968 53E-27 / June 1968 62W-19 / July 1968 54W-25 / August 1968 50W-40 / September 1968 45W-18 / October 1968 42W-52 / November 1968 40W-70 / December 1968 37W-15 / January 1969 35W-14 / February 1969 33W-30 / March 1969 31W-98 / April 1969 28W-101 / May 1969 26W-89 / June 1969 23W-34 / July 1969 21W-41 / August 1969 20W-82 / September 1969 18W-18 / October 1969 17W-21 / November 1969 16W-11 / December 1969 15W-12 / January 1970 15W-113 / February 1970 14W-88 / March 1970 13W-70 / April 1970 12W-64 / May 1970 11W-78 / June 1970 10W-129 / July 1970 9W-108 / August 1970 8W-73 / September 1970 7W-29 / October 1970 7W-102 / November 1970 6W-33 / December 1970 6W-100 / January 1971 5W-19 / February 1971 5W-71 / March 1971 4W-13 / April 1971 4W-98 / May 1971 3W-21 / June 1971 3W-60 / July 1971 3W-96 / July 1971 3W-96 / August 1971 3W-120 / September 1971 2W-7 / October 1971 2W-32 / November 1971 2W-58 / December 1971 2W-82 / January 1972 2W-94 / February 1972 2W-103 / March 1972 2W-112 / April 1972 2W-126 / May 1972 1W-10 / June 1972 1W-34 / July 1972 1W-51 / October 1972 1W-76 / January 1973 1W-108 / January 1975 1W-121 / Panel # _______ / Line # ________" [COMPONENT (A), obverse object surface, center, rubbed inscriptions] "HERBERT R RAGANS / TERRENCE E KIERZNOWSKI" / [COMPONENT (B), obverse object surface, upper edge, rubbed inscription] "KENNETH A MASON" / [COMPONENT (C), obverse object surface, lower edge (inverted), rubbed inscription] "DONALD S SKIDGEL" / [COMPONENT (D), obverse object surface, upper, proper right-hand corner, rubbed inscription] "BRUCE A MURRAY" / [COMPONENT (E), obverse object surface, center, rubbed inscription] "TERRY L KELLY" / [COMPONENT (F), obverse object surface, proper right-hand side, rubbed inscription] "IRWIN" / [COMPONENT (F), obverse object surface, upper, proper left-hand corner, handwritten inscription] "Someone put in memory / 19th Engeniers [sic]"

Item Weight: 2.4g (Weight of COMPONENT (A) only)
Item Length: 10.8cm
Item Width: 27.9cm