Derek Griggs
Vietnam War Memorial
When the Vietnam War Took Place
The Vietnam War took place in 1954-1975. About 57,939 men and women died during the war.
When the Vietnam War Memorial was Built
The Vietnam War Memorial honored those who served in the war. The Memorial was built in Washington D.C. The Vietnam War Memorial was started in 1981 and finished in 1982.
Maya Lin
Maya Lin was born in 1959 on Oct. 5th, in Athens, Ohio. She entered a design contest in college. Then she came up with the idea of the memorial.
Bibliography
Burrows, Jennifer. Vietnam War Memorial. Vero Beach, Florida: Rourke Publishing. 2010.
"VietNam War Memorial". Britannica School. Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. 2014.
UPI Photo Collection, 2010 U.S. Department of Defense: page,19 Wikipedia :12