Vietnam Memorial Wall heading to Fall River continues to move forward

The process of placing a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Fall River continues to move forward.

According to the group in charge of the project, the Wall, to be located at Veterans Memorial Bicentennial Park (1082 Davol Street), will be an 80% scale size replica of the original Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. Names are listed in chronological order according to the date of each casualty; within each date, names appear in alphabetical order. Names continue to be added and errors corrected as new information warrants. Currently, the Wall contains a total of 58,282 names which represents an increase over the 57,939 names at the opening dedication on 13 Nov 1982. A Yale student, 21-year old Maya Lin, created the design.

The Memorial Wall will be purchased from a Texas based company and owned by retired LTC Don Allen, US Army Vietnam Veteran.

The wall will measure approximately 360’ by 8’ and be displayed alongside the WW II Memorial and the Korean and Gold Star Memorials located at the park. This project is expected to open in 2020 as fund raising efforts have begun.

A fundraiser, Men Can Cook raised $7,200 for the wall.

If you are interested in donating or finding out more, you can go over to their web site at http://vietnammemorialwall.org/