Names Of War Dead Read At Vietnam Veterans Memorial
WASHINGTON – NOVEMBER 7: Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gordon Mansfield looks at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during ceremonies to mark The Wall’s 25th anniversary on the National Mall November 7, 2007 in Washington, DC. A Vietnam veteran, Mansfield was paralyzed in 1968 when he was wounded during the Tet Offensive. Organizers commemorated the 25th anniversary with “The Reading of the Names,” the four-day event during which the over 58,000 names inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial are read aloud. For the fourth time in The Wall’s history all of the names were read in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)