Which U.S. military memorial in Washington, D.C., lists the names of more than 58,000 Vietnam War dead?

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., lists the names of more than 58,000 U.S. military personnel who died or remain missing from the Vietnam War.

The memorial’s best-known feature is a long, V-shaped wall of polished black granite. The names are arranged chronologically by date of casualty, beginning and ending near the center where the two walls meet. Visitors often make rubbings of individual names.

The memorial was designed by Maya Lin, whose proposal won a national design competition while she was an architecture student at Yale University. It was dedicated in 1982. Later additions included the Three Soldiers statue and the Vietnam Women’s Memorial.

The wall is a frequent site for Memorial Day ceremonies and personal acts of remembrance. It is not a cemetery; it commemorates people connected with the war by recording their names.