ITEMS LEFT AT THE WALL

Commemorative POW*MIA bracelet dedicated to U.S. Navy Lieutenant (LT) Michael John Allard. The bracelet bears engraved inscriptions specifying LT Allard's military rank, name, branch of service, casualty date, theater of military operations, & home state of record which read, "LT. MICHAEL J. ALLARD / USN 8-30-67 NVN / WI". The artifact was left at Panel 24E of The Wall by an anonymous donor between March - May 2007.

COMMEMORATIVE POW*MIA BRACELET DEDICATED TO U.S. NAVY LIEUTENANT (LT) MICHAEL JOHN ALLARD. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A FLAT STRIP OF RECTANGULARLY SHAPED, RED COLORED ALUMINUM [?] METAL WITH ROUNDED ENDS BENT INTO A ROUGHLY CIRCULAR SHAPE TO FORM A BRACELET. AN ENGRAVED INSCRIPTION AT THE EXTERIOR, OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF THE BRACELET BEARS LT ALLARD'S MILITARY RANK, NAME, BRANCH OF SERVICE, CASUALTY DATE, & THEATER OF MILITARY OPERATIONS, "LT. MICHAEL J. ALLARD / USN 8-30-67 NVN", WHILE A SECONDARY INSCRIPTION ENGRAVED UPON THE EXTERIOR, REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF THE BRACELET BEARS THE TWO (2) LETTER ABBREVIATION FOR LT ALLARD'S HOME STATE OF RECORD, "WI". ACCORDING TO VIVE CATALOG NOTES PREPARED BY MRCE COLLECTIONS STAFF, AN NPS RANGER'S NOTE ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED WITH THE ARTIFACT SPECIFIED THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) WALL LOCATION OF DONATION, "24E".

Text of the engraved inscriptions upon the exterior object surfaces is transcribed in full, as follows: [Exterior, obverse object surface, engraved inscription] "LT. MICHAEL J. ALLARD / USN 8-30-67 NVN" / [Exterior, reverse object surface, engraved inscription] "WI"

Item Weight: 4.5g
Item Width: 1.3cm
Item Depth: 6.6cm (Diameter) / 20.7cm (Circumference) / 4.8cm (Depth)