ITEMS LEFT AT THE WALL

Stenciled banner dedicated to U.S. Army Captain (CPT) Harold James Kaufman, U.S. Army Private First Class (PFC) Carlos James Lozada, & U.S. Army Major (MAJ) Charles Joseph Watters. The stenciled inscription upon the banner specifies an incident date, "19 NOVEMBER 1967", an incident location, "DAK TO - HILL 875", the military unit identification, "173rd AIRBORNE BRIG. 'A' CO.", the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VVM) Wall honorees & Wall location information, "*HAROLD KAUFMAN L-44 / *CARLOS LOZADA L-45 / *CHARLES WATTERS L-36", and the object creator, "LOVE, / 1ST SGT. KINCAID". A handwritten inscription upon the banner identifies the artifact donor's military unit/rank/name, " 'A' 4th Bn 173 / 1st Sgt FRASIER", as well as the date of donation at The Wall, "22 Oct 87". The artifact was left at Panel 30E of The Wall by U.S. Army and Vietnam veteran First Sergeant (1SG) Frasier on October 22, 1987.

STENCILED BANNER DEDICATED TO U.S. ARMY CAPTAIN (CPT) HAROLD JAMES KAUFMAN, U.S. ARMY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS (PFC) CARLOS JAMES LOZADA, & U.S. ARMY MAJOR (MAJ) CHARLES JOSEPH WATTERS. THE OBJECT CONSISTS OF A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED SWATCH OF WHITE CANVAS FABRIC AFFIXED UPON THE PROPER RIGHT- AND LEFT-HAND EDGES, VIA NUMEROUS METAL STAPLES, TO TWO (2) DARKLY STAINED WOODEN STAKES IN ORDER TO FORM A BANNER. AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, THE CANVAS CLOTH HAS BEEN PAINTED BLACK WITH WHITE PATTERNING AT THE PROPER RIGHT- AND LEFT-HAND SIDES. AT THE CENTER OF THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, THE CANVAS CLOTH HAS BEEN PAINTED WITH A RECTANGULARLY SHAPED, WHITE FIELD OVER WHICH AN INSCRIPTION HAS BEEN STENCILED IN BLACK, BLOCK SCRIPT/ARABIC NUMERALS. THE STENCILED INSCRIPTION SPECIFIES THE INCIDENT DATE, "19 NOVEMBER 1967", INCIDENT LOCATION, "DAK TO - HILL 875", MILITARY UNIT IDENTIFICATION, "173RD AIRBORNE BRIG. 'A' CO.", VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL (VVM) WALL HONOREES & WALL LOCATION INFORMATION, "* HAROLD KAUFMAN L-44 / *CAROLS LOZADA L-45 / *CHARLES WATTERS L-36", AND OBJECT CREATOR, "LOVE, / 1ST SGT. KINCAID". AT THE LOWER, PROPER RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE RECTANGULARLY SHAPED WHITE FIELD AT THE OBVERSE OBJECT SURFACE, AN INSCRIPTION HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK INK AND BLOCK SCRIPT IDENTIFIES THE MILITARY UNIT/RANK, OBJECT DONOR NAME, & DATE OF DONATION AT THE WALL, " 'A' 4TH BN 173 / 1ST SGT FRASIER / 22 OCT 87".

Text of the stenciled & handwritten inscriptions upon the obverse object surface is transcribed in full, as follows: [Obverse object surface, stenciled inscription] "19 NOVEMBER 1967 / DAK TO - HILL 875 / 173rd AIRBORNE BRIG. 'A' CO. / *HAROLD KAUFMAN L-44 / *CARLOS LOZADA L-45 / *CHARLES WATTERS L-36 / LOVE, / 1ST SGT. KINCAID" / [Obverse object surface, handwritten inscription] " 'A' 4th Bn 173 / 1st Sgt FRASIER / 22 Oct 87"

Item Weight: 225.0g
Item Length: 33.5cm
Item Width: 112.0cm