ITEMS LEFT AT THE WALL

Commemorative POW*MIA bracelet dedicated to sixty-six (66) Vietnam-era POW*MIA servicemembers from the State of Indiana. The bracelet bears stenciled inscriptions identifying each of these servicemembers, depicting the National League of POW*MIA Families logo, and calling for the return of all American POW*MIAs still held in Southeast Asia and reading, "AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE STILL HELD CAPTIVE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA...BRING 'EM HOME NOW! / POW*MIA / POW*MIA / YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN". An inscription handwritten upon a strip of masking tape affixed to the interior bracelet surface identifies the artifact donor, as well as his military service history, and reads, "Worn by / Ralph A Garcia til [sic] 97 / USMC - 59-69 / VN SVC 68-69". The artifact was left at The Wall by U.S. Marine Corps and Vietnam veteran Ralph A. Garcia between January - May 1998.

COMMEMORATIVE POW*MIA BRACELET DEDICATED TO U.S. AIR FORCE FIRST LIEUTENANT (1ST LT) WILLIAM W. BANCROFT JR., U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) CHARLES ELBERT BEALS, U.S. ARMY CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 3 (CW3) QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHER, U.S. MARINE CORPS PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) STEPHEN EUGENE BREINER, U.S. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT (SSG) HARRY FRANKLIN CARVER, U.S. MARINE CORPS PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) CHARLES DENNIS CHOMEL, U.S. AIR FORCE CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT (CMSGT) LAWRENCE CLARK, U.S. MARINE CORPS CAPTAIN (CAPT) THOMAS DEAN CLEM, U.S. AIR FORCE CAPTAIN (CAPT) WILLIAM KEITH COGDELL, U.S. MARINE CORPS CORPORAL (CPL) KENNETH LLOYD CRODY, U.S. AIR FORCE CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT (CMSGT) GENE EDMOND DAVIS, U.S. MARINE CORPS CAPTAIN (CAPT) PHILLIP ALLEN DUCAT, U.S. AIR FORCE CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT (CMSGT) DEAN ARNOLD DU VALL, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) GEORGE CURTIS GREEN, JR., U.S. MARINE CORPS LANCE CORPORAL (LCPL) RALPH LEWIS HARPER, U.S. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT (SSG) STEVEN WAYNE HEITMAN, U.S. AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT COLONEL (LT COL) JOHN WAYNE HELD, U.S. MARINE CORPS STAFF SERGEANT (SSGT) SAMUEL EUGENE HEWITT, U.S. AIR FORCE MAJOR (MAJ) JOHN RUSSELL HILLS, U.S. MARINE CORPS CORPORAL (CPL) TERRY ALAN HOFFMAN, U.S. MARINE CORPS MAJOR (MAJ) ROBERT EUGENE HOLDEMAN, U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL SERGEANT (TSGT) DONALD RUSSELL HOSKINS, U.S. ARMY CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 3 (CW3) GEORGE ANDREWS HOWES, U.S. AIR FORCE COLONEL (COL) PAUL FREDERICK JOHNS, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) JAMES REED JOHNSON, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) GRAYLAND JONES, U.S. AIR FORCE CAPTAIN (CAPT) KARL EDWIN KLUTE, U.S. NAVY LIEUTENANT (LT) CHARLES ALLEN KNOCHEL, U.S. MARINE CORPS MAJOR (MAJ) ROBERT JOHN KUHLMAN, JR., U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCEMAN, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (PTC) BENNIE RICHARD LAMBTON, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 5 (SP5) MICHAEL LAUTZENHEISER, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) KARL WADE LAWSON, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) WALTER EDWARD LEWELLEN, U.S. ARMY MASTER SERGEANT (MSG) CHARLES W. LINDEWALD, JR., U.S. ARMY CAPTAIN (CPT) JAMES MICHAEL LYON, U.S. AIR FORCE CAPTAIN (CAPT) ROBERT LEE MANN, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT (SGT) JERRY DEAN MARTIN, U.S. AIR FORCE CAPTAIN (CAPT) FRANCIS BARNES MIDNIGHT, U.S. NAVY TORPEDOMAN'S MATE, MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (TMCS) HARRY E. MITCHELL, U.S. NAVY AVIATION FIRE CONTROL TECHNICIAN (BOMB DIRECTOR), PETTY OFFICER SECOND CLASS (AQB2) RONALD WAYNE MONTGOMERY, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) RALPH EDWARD MOORE, U.S. MARINE CORPS LIEUTENANT COLONEL (LTCOL) JAMES MAURICE MCGARVEY, U.S. AIR FORCE FIRST LIEUTENANT (1ST LT) NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEY, U.S. ARMY CAPTAIN (CPT) JOHN MICHEL NASH, U.S. AIR FORCE MAJOR (MAJ) WILLIAM LEE NELLANS, U.S. ARMY CORPORAL (CPL) LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURN, U.S. ARMY MAJOR (MAJ) DAVID EUGENE PADGETT, U.S. NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN, PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS (HM1) THOMAS AQUINAS PARKER, U.S. AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT COLONEL (LT COL) RUSSELL ARDEN POOR, U.S. NAVY FIREMAN (FN) GEORGE RAY POSEY, U.S. NAVY SEAMAN (SN) BILLY LEE ROGERS, U.S. AIR FORCE MAJOR (MAJ) CHARLES EDWARD ROGERS, U.S. NAVY LIEUTENANT COMMANDER (LCDR) CHARLES DAVID SCHOONOVER, U.S. ARMY SERGEANT FIRST CLASS (SFC) RONALD EUGENE SMITH, U.S. NAVY AVIATION MACHINIST'S MATE (JET ENGINE MECHANIC), PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS (ADJ1) RONALD PHILIP SOUCY, U.S. MARINE CORPS SERGEANT (SGT) BRUCE WAYNE STAEHLI, U.S. AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT COLONEL (LT COL) KENNETH ARNOL STONEBRAKER, U.S. AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT COLONEL (LT COL) JOHN FRANKLIN STUART, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) JOHN STEINER STUCKEY, JR., U.S. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT (SSG) DONALD JOSEPH TRAMPSKI, U.S. AIR FORCE AIRMAN FIRST CLASS (A1C) RAYMOND ANTHONY WAGNER, U.S. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT (SSG) TIM LEROY WALTERS, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) JUNIOR LEE WHITTLE, U.S. AIR FORCE COLONEL (COL) THOMAS THAWSON WRIGHT, U.S. ARMY SPECIALIST 4 (SP4) ROBIN RAY YEAKLEY, & U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) JEFFREY JEROME YOUNG. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A FLAT STRIP OF RECTANGULARLY SHAPED, POLISHED ALUMINUM METAL WITH ROUNDED ENDS BENT INTO A ROUGHLY CIRCULAR SHAPE TO FORM A BRACELET. AN INSCRIPTION STENCILED IN BLACK AT THE EXTERIOR, OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF THE BRACELET BEARS THE NAMES OF THE PREVIOUSLY REFERENCED SIXTY-SIX (66) VIETNAM-ERA POW*MIA SERVICEMEMBERS FROM THE STATE OF INDIANA LISTED IN NINE (9) SEPARATE LINES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. THE NAMES ARE SUPERIMPOSED OVER THE STATE IDENTIFICATION, "INDIANA" STENCILED IN BLACK, POINTILLIST BLOCK SCRIPT. TO THE PROPER RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE STENCILED INSCRIPTION AT THE EXTERIOR, OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF THE BRACELET, A GRAPHIC RENDERING STENCILED IN BLACK DEPICTS A BALD EAGLE IN FLIGHT, WITH A CHAIN CONNECTING ITS LEFT TALON TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINES OF THE NATIONS OF VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, & LAOS. EACH OF THESE GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINES ARE LABELED WITH THEIR NATIONAL IDENTIFICATIONS, WHILE THE PHRASE, "AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE STILL HELD CAPTIVE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA...BRING 'EM HOME NOW!" IS STENCILED IN BLACK, BLOCK SCRIPT TO THE PROPER RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL RENDERING OF VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, & LAOS. ALONG THE LOWER EDGE OF THIS GRAPHIC RENDERING, THE PHRASE, "POW*MIA" IS STENCILED IN BLOCK SCRIPT INSIDE A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED, BLACK BANNER. TO THE PROPER LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE STENCILED INSCRIPTION AT THE EXTERIOR, OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF THE BRACELET THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF POW*MIA FAMILIES LOGO (I.E. A BLACK SQUARE BEARING A CIRCULARLY SHAPED DISK AT THE CENTER CHARGED WITH A BLACKENED SILHOUETTE OF A SOLDIER IN PROFILE AT THE FOREGROUND AND A BLACK GUARD TOWER AT THE BACKGROUND WITH BARBED WIRE BELOW. THE PHRASE, "POW*MIA" IS EXECUTED IN ARCHED, BLOCK LETTERING ALONG THE UPPER EDGE, WHILE THE CORRESPONDING PHRASE, "YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN" IS EXECUTED IN ARCHED, BLOCK LETTERING ALONG THE LOWER EDGE) IS STENCILED IN BLACK. A STRIP OF ADHESIVE MASKING TAPE AFFIXED TO THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE BRACELET BEARS AN INSCRIPTION HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK INK AND BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS WHICH IDENTIFIES THE ARTIFACT DONOR AND SPECIFIES HIS MILITARY SERVICE HISTORY. THE INSCRIPTION READS, "WORN BY / RALPH A GARCIA TIL [sic] 97 / USMC - 59-69 / VN SVC 68-69".

Text of the stenciled & handwritten inscriptions upon the various object surfaces is transcribed in full, as follows: [Exterior, proper right-hand, obverse object surface, stenciled inscriptions] "AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE STILL HELD CAPTIVE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA...BRING 'EM HOME NOW! / POW*MIA" / [Exterior, center, obverse object surface, stenciled inscriptions] "INDIANA / WILLIAM W BANCROFT Jr + CHARLES E BEALS + QUENTIN R BEECHER + STEPHEN E BREINER + HARRY F CARVER + CHARLES D CHOMEL + LAWRENCE CLARK / THOMAS D CLEM + WILLIAM K COGDELL + KENNETH L CRODY + GENE E DAVIS + PHILLIP A DUCAT + DEAN A DUVALL [sic] + GEORGE C GREEN Jr + RALPH L HARPER / STEVEN W HEITMAN + JOHN W HELD + SAMUEL E HEWITT + JOHN R HILLS + TERRY A HOFFMAN + ROBERT E HOLDEMAN + DONALD R HOSKINS + GEORGE A HOWES / PAUL F JOHNS + JAMES R JOHNSON + GRAYLAND JONES + KARL E KLUTE + CHARLES A KNOCHEL + ROBERT J KUHLMAN Jr + BENNIE R LAMBTON + MICHAEL LAUTZENHEISER / KARL W LAWSON + WALTER E LEWELLEN + CHARLES W LINDEWALD Jr + JAMES M LYON + ROBERT L MANN + JERRY D MARTIN + FRANCIS B MIDNIGHT + HARRY E MITCHELL / RONALD W MONTGOMERY + RALPH E MOORE + JAMES M McGARVEY + NEIL B McKINNEY + JOHN M NASH + WILLIAM L NELLANS / LARRY S NEWBURN + DAVID E PADGETT + THOMAS A PARKER + RUSSELL A POOR + GEORGE R POSEY + BILLY L ROGERS + CHARLES E ROGERS / CHARLES D SCHOONOVER + RONALD E SMITH + RONALD P SOUCY + BRUCE W STAEHLI + KENNETH A STONEBRAKER + JOHN F STUART + JOHN S STUCKEY Jr / DONALD J TRAMPSKI + RAYMOND A WAGNER + TIM L WALTERS + JUNIOR L WHITTLE + THOMAS T WRIGHT + ROBIN R YEAKLEY + JEFFREY J YOUNG" / [Exterior, proper left-hand, obverse object surface, stenciled inscriptions] "POW*MIA / YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN" / [Interior, obverse object surface, handwritten inscription] "Worn by / Ralph A Garcia til [sic] 97 / USMC - 59-69 / VN SVC 68-69"

Item Weight: 9.5g
Item Width: 2.5cm
Item Depth: 7.5cm (Diameter) / 23.6cm (Circumference) / 5.2cm (Depth)