ITEMS LEFT AT THE WALL

Seven (7) Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM) name rubbings for various VVM Wall honorees. The sheets upon which the name rubbings are executed are headed, "CANADIANS and VIETNAM", incorporate a black & white photocopied background image of the VVM and a photograph depicting visitors to The Wall, and feature personal demographic & military service information for the particular VVM Wall honoree printed upon the obverse surface. The artifacts were left at The Wall by an anonymous donor between May - June 2007.

SEVEN (7) VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) NAME RUBBINGS FOR U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) WAYNE LINDSAY HAWES, U.S. ARMY CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 2 (CW2) ROBERT WILSON HOLDITCH, U.S. MARINE CORPS LANCE CORPORAL (LCPL) DAVID KARL MANNING, U.S. MARINE CORPS LANCE CORPORAL (LCPL) JOHN HOWARD REEVES, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) MAURICE JOHN MARIER, U.S. NAVY BOATSWAIN'S MATE, PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS (BM1) WILLIAM KIMBAL BATCHELDER, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) JAMES TOSHI KAJIWARA, U.S. ARMY CORPORAL (CPL) DANIEL ALPHONSE BOLDUC, & U.S. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT (SSG) THOMAS EDWARD BROWN, RESPECTIVELY. THE OBJECTS EACH CONSIST OF RUBBED IMPRESSIONS OF ONE (1) OR MORE OF THE ABOVE REFERENCED VVM WALL HONOREE NAMES EXECUTED IN GRAPHITE PENCIL AND BLOCK SCRIPT UPON THE CENTER OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE (OR UPON THE UPPER OR LOWER EDGE OF THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE) OF A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED SHEET OF WHITE, UNLINED PAPER. AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, EACH OF THESE SHEETS BEARS A BLACK & WHITE PHOTOCOPIED BACKGROUND IMAGE (LANDSCAPE ORIENTATION) OF THE VVM. AT THE LOWER, PROPER LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, EACH OF THESE SHEETS BEARS A BLACK & WHITE PHOTOCOPIED IMAGE OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT (PORTRAIT ORIENTATION) DEPICTING VISITORS TO THE WALL. THE PHRASE, "CANADIANS AND VIETNAM" FOLLOWED BY VVM WALL LOCATION INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO THE PARTICULAR VVM WALL HONOREE(S) ARE PRINTED IN BLACK INK AND BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS IN TWO (2) SEPARATE LINES ALONG THE UPPER EDGE OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE. PERSONAL DEMOGRAPHIC AND MILITARY SERVICE INFORMATION FOR THE PARTICULAR VVM WALL HONOREE(S), INCLUDING: "DATE OF BIRTH", "PERSONAL DETAILS", "RANK", "DIVISION", "LENGTH OF SERVICE", "TOUR OF DUTY STARTED", "DATE OF CASUALTY", "LOCATION OF CASUALTY", & "TYPE OF CASUALTY", IS PRINTED IN BLACK INK AND BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS IN NINE (9) SEPARATE LINES AT THE LOWER, PROPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE. THE LCPL REEVES VVM NAME RUBBING BEARS THE PHRASE, "TO THE MEMORY TO ALL WHO FOUGHT IN WAR" HANDWRITTEN IN GRAPHITE PENCIL AND BLOCK SCRIPT UPON THE UPPER EDGE OF THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE. THE SP4 MARIER VVM NAME RUBBING BEARS RUBBED VVM NAME IMPRESSIONS FOR BM1 BATCHELDER & SGT KAJIWARA EXECUTED IN GRAPHITE PENCIL AND BLOCK SCRIPT UPON THE UPPER AND LOWER EDGES OF THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, RESPECTIVELY. THE SSG BROWN VVM NAME RUBBING DOES NOT BEAR AN ACTUAL RUBBED VVM NAME IMPRESSION FOR SSG BROWN AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, BUT RATHER THE NAME, "THOMAS E BROWN" HANDWRITTEN IN GRAPHITE PENCIL AND BLOCK SCRIPT.

Text of the printed, rubbed, & handwritten inscriptions upon the obverse and reverse object surfaces of the various VVM name rubbings is transcribed in full, as follows: [SP4 Hawes VVM name rubbing, obverse object surface, printed inscriptions] "CANADIANS and VIETNAM / Panel 35W - - Line 16 / DATE OF BIRTH: Sep 03, 1934 / PERSONAL DETAILS: 34 year old Married, Caucasian, Male PROTESTANT / RANK: SP4 - E4 - Army - Regular / DIVISION: Special Forces / LENGTH OF SERVICE: / TOUR OF DUTY STARTED: May 10, 1968 / DATE OF CASUALTY: Jan 01, 1969 / LOCATION OF CASUALTY: LAOS / TYPE OF CASUALTY: HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY; GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE" / [SP4 Hawes VVM name rubbing, obverse object surface, rubbed inscription] "WAYNE L HAWES" / [CW2 Holditch VVM name rubbing, obverse object surface, printed inscriptions] "CANADIANS and VIETNAM / Panel 21W - - Line 45 / DATE OF BIRTH: Feb 04, 1933 / PERSONAL DETAILS: 36 year old Married, Caucasian, Male BAPTIST / RANK: CWO - W2 - Army - Reserve / DIVISION: / LENGTH OF SERVICE: 14 years / TOUR OF DUTY STARTED: Mar 15, 1969 / DATE OF CASUALTY: Jul 02, 1969 / LOCATION OF CASUALTY: OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 1, SOUTH VIETNAM / TYPE OF CASUALTY: NON-HOSTILE, HELICOPTER - PILOT, AIR LOSS, CRASH AT SEA" / [CW2 Holditch VVM name rubbing, obverse object surface, rubbed inscription] "ROBERT W HOLDITCH" / [LCpl Manning VVM name rubbing, obverse object surface, printed inscriptions] "CANADIANS and VIETNAM / Panel 35W - - Line 66 / DATE OF BIRTH: Jun 17, 1948 / PERSONAL DETAILS: 20 year old Single, Caucasian, Male PROTESTANT / RANK: LCPL - E3 - Marine Corps - Regular / DIVISION: / LENGTH OF SERVICE: 1 year / TOUR OF DUTY STARTED: May 17, 1968 / DATE OF CASUALTY: Jan 10, 1969 / LOCATION OF CASUALTY: QUANG NGAI, SOUTH VIETNAM / TYPE OF CASUALTY: HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY; GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE" / [LCpl Manning VVM name rubbing, obverse object surface, rubbed inscription] "DAVID K MANNING" / [LCpl Reeves VVM name rubbing, obverse object surface, printed inscriptions] "CANADIANS and VIETNAM / Panel 13E - - Line 76 / DATE OF BIRTH: Oct 28, 1943 / PERSONAL DETAILS: 23 year old Single, Caucasian, Male PROTESTANT / RANK: LCPL - E3 - Marine Corps - Regular / DIVISION: / LENGTH OF SERVICE: 1 year / TOUR OF DUTY STARTED: Dec 23, 1966 / DATE OF CASUALTY: Dec 23, 1966 / LOCATION OF CASUALTY: QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM / TYPE OF CASUALTY: HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY; DROWNED, SUFFOCATED" / [LCpl Reeves VVM name rubbing, obverse object surface, rubbed inscription] "JOHN H REEVES" / [LCpl Reeves VVM name rubbing, reverse object surface, handwritten inscription] "To the memory to all who fought in war." / [SP4 Marier VVM name rubbing, obverse object surface, printed inscriptions] "CANADIANS and VIETNAM / Panel 15E - - Line 48 / DATE OF BIRTH: May 09, 1948 / PERSONAL DETAILS: 18 year old Single, Caucasian, Male ROMAN CATHOLIC / RANK: SP4 - E4 - Army - Regular / DIVISION: 4th Infantry Division / LENGTH OF SERVICE: 1 year / TOUR OF DUTY STARTED: Jul 23, 1966 / DATE OF CASUALTY: Feb 16, 1967 / LOCATION OF CASUALTY: KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM / TYPE OF CASUALTY: HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY; GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE" / [SP4 Marier VVM name rubbing, obverse object surface, rubbed inscription] "MAURICE J MARIER" / [SP4 Marier VVM name rubbing, reverse object surface, upper & lower edges, rubbed inscriptions] "WILLIAM K BATCHELDER / JAMES T KAJIWARA" / [CPL Bolduc VVM name rubbing, obverse object surface, printed inscriptions] "CANADIANS and VIETNAM / Panel 20W - - Line 69 / DATE OF BIRTH: Feb 03, 1946 / PERSONAL DETAILS: 23 year old Married, Caucasian, Male PROTESTANT / RANK: CPL - E4 - Army - Regular / DIVISION: 196th Light Infantry Brigade / LENGTH OF SERVICE: 4 years / TOUR OF DUTY STARTED: Jun 13, 1969 / DATE OF CASUALTY: Jul 29, 1969 / LOCATION OF CASUALTY: QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM / TYPE OF CASUALTY: HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY; OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE" / [CPL Bolduc VVM name rubbing, obverse object surface, rubbed inscription] "DANIEL A BOLDUC" / [SSG Brown VVM name rubbing, obverse object surface, printed inscriptions] "CANADIANS and VIETNAM / Panel 15W - - Line 15 / DATE OF BIRTH: Mar 21, 1946 / PERSONAL DETAILS: 23 year old Married, Caucasian, Male PROTESTANT / RANK: SSGT - E6 - Army - Regular / DIVISION: 1st Cav Division (AMBL) / LENGTH OF SERVICE: 4 years / TOUR OF DUTY STARTED: Jun 23, 1968 / DATE OF CASUALTY: Dec 02, 1969 / LOCATION OF CASUALTY: BINH DUONG, SOUTH VIETNAM / TYPE OF CASUALTY: Hostile, died of wounds; GROUND CASUALTY, ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR" / [SSG Brown VVM name rubbing, obverse object surface, handwritten inscription] "THOMAS E BROWN"

Item Weight: 4.6g (Weight of SP4 Hawes VVM name rubbing only)
Item Length: 21.5cm
Item Width: 27.8cm