ITEMS LEFT AT THE WALL

Artifact assemblage dedicated to U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class (PFC) Thomas Duane Glawe and consisting of: a commemorative POW*MIA bracelet & a handwritten note. The bracelet bears engraved inscriptions specifying PFC Glawe's military rank, name, branch of service, casualty date, theater of military operations, & Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM) Wall location information which read, "PFC THOMAS D. GLAWE - USMC / C/1ST RECON 06-16-66 VIETNAM / P8E L52". The handwritten note accompanying the bracelet is addressed to, "Tommy", is signed, "YOUR FRIEND & BROTHER / Jack", and reads, "I WORN [sic] THIS BRACELET TO KEEP YOU CLOSE TO MY HEART. / ONE DAY IT BROKE AND FELL FROM MY WRIST. / I THINK IT WAS YOUR WAY OF SAYING LET GO." The artifact assemblage was left at Panel 8E of The Wall by a donor identified only as, "Jack" between July - October 2010.

ASSEMBLAGE DEDICATED TO U.S. MARINE CORPS PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) THOMAS DUANE GLAWE AND CONSISTING OF: COMPONENT (A) COMMEMORATIVE POW*MIA BRACELET & COMPONENT (B) HANDWRITTEN NOTE. COMPONENT (A) COMMEMORATIVE POW*MIA BRACELET. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A FLAT STRIP OF RECTANGULARLY SHAPED, BLACK COLORED ALUMINUM [?] METAL WITH ROUNDED ENDS BENT INTO A ROUGHLY CIRCULAR SHAPE TO FORM A BRACELET. THE BRACELET IS NOT COMPLETE, AS A SMALL SEGMENT HAS BROKEN AWAY AND BECOME ENTIRELY DISSOCIATED FROM THE PROPER LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE OBJECT. AN ENGRAVED INSCRIPTION AT THE EXTERIOR, OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF THE BRACELET BEARS PFC GLAWE'S MILITARY RANK, NAME, BRANCH OF SERVICE, CASUALTY DATE, & THEATER OF MILITARY OPERATIONS, "PFC THOMAS D. GLAWE - USMC / C/1ST RECON 06-16-66 VIETNAM", WHILE A SECONDARY INSCRIPTION ENGRAVED UPON THE EXTERIOR, REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF THE BRACELET BEARS PFC GLAWE'S VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) WALL LOCATION INFORMATION, "P8E L52". COMPONENT (B) HANDWRITTEN NOTE. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A NOTE HANDWRITTEN IN BLUE/BLACK INK, GRAPHITE PENCIL, AND BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS UPON A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED, MANILA CARDSTOCK TAG. THE NOTE AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF THE TAG IS ADDRESSED TO, "TOMMY", IS SIGNED, "YOUR FRIEND & BROTHER / JACK", AND READS, "I WORN [sic] THIS BRACELET TO KEEP YOU CLOSE TO MY HEART. / ONE DAY IT BROKE AND FELL FROM MY WRIST. / I THINK IT WAS YOUR WAY OF SAYING LET GO." HANDWRITTEN UPON THE UPPER EDGE OF THE REVERSE OBJECT SURFACE OF THE TAG IS THE PHRASE, "HAIGWOOD 5823", WHILE THE VVM WALL LOCATION INFORMATION, "7E" IS SIMILARLY HANDWRITTEN UPON THE CENTER OF THE REVERSE TAG SURFACE.

Text of the engraved & handwritten inscriptions upon the various object surfaces of COMPONENTS (A & B) is transcribed in full, as follows: [COMPONENT (A), exterior, obverse object surface, engraved inscription] "PFC THOMAS D. GLAWE - USMC / C/1ST RECON 06-16-66 VIETNAM" / [COMPONENT (A), exterior, reverse object surface, engraved inscription] "P8E L52" / [COMPONENT (B), obverse object surface, handwritten inscription] "TOMMY, / I WORN [sic] THIS BRACELET TO KEEP YOU CLOSE TO MY HEART. / ONE DAY IT BROKE AND FELL FROM MY WRIST. / I THINK IT WAS YOUR WAY OF SAYING LET GO. / YOUR FRIEND & BROTHER / Jack" / [COMPONENT (B), reverse object surface, handwritten inscriptions] "Haigwood 5823 / 7E"

Item Weight: 3.4g Weight of COMPONENT (A) only)
Item Width: 1.3cm
Item Depth: 7.0cm (Diameter) / 22.0cm (Circumference) / 4.5cm (Depth)