The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C. It honors U.S. service members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War, service members who died in service in Vietnam/South East Asia, and those service members who were unaccounted for (Missing In Action) during the War.

The Memorial Wall, designed by Maya Lin, is made up of two gabbro walls 246 feet 9 inches (75 m) long. The walls are sunk into the ground, with the earth behind them.

越战纪念碑邻近华盛顿纪念碑和林肯纪念堂。该纪念碑由用黑色花岗岩砌成的长500英尺的V字型碑体构成，用于纪念越战时期服役于越南期间战死的美国士兵和将官，闪闪生辉的黑色大理石墙上依每个人战死的日期为序，刻划着美军57000多名1959年至1975年间在越南战争中阵亡者的名字。

该纪念碑通过设计竞赛的方式征集方案，最后采用的是当时耶鲁大学建筑专业21岁华裔女学生林璎的方案，1982年建成，曾获美国建筑师协会“美国20世纪最受欢迎的十大建筑”第7名，美国建筑师学会2007年度“25年奖”等。

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