Keywords: US Navy 040709-N-0295M-010 A young women sits in front of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial reading a sobering letter left by an unknown person.jpg en Washington D C July 9 2004 A young women sits in front of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial reading a sobering letter left by an unknown person The memorial designed by Maya Ying Lin was dedicated in Nov of 1982 The V-shaped memorial consists of two 250-foot black granite walls with the inscriptions of over 58 000 U S men and women s names that were killed or missing in the Vietnam War The memorial serves as a testament to the sacrifice of American military personnel during the Vietnam War U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Daniel J McLain RELEASED 2004-07-09 040709-N-0295M-010 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 16059 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 2nd Class Daniel J McLain PD-USGov-Military-Navy Vietnam Veterans Memorial |