Honoring our Vietnam Veterans - Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (2024)

• Honoring our Vietnam Veterans
• The Wall of Faces
• In Memory Honor Roll
• The Wall That Heals
• PTSD Awareness Day
• Agent Orange Awareness Day
• The Reading of the Names
• The Registry
• Support VVMF

We continue to lead the way in paying tribute to our nation’s Vietnam veterans and their families. We work to honor, preserve, and educate to ensure that current and future generations never forget the service and sacrifice of those who came before them. We’ll tell you how WE honor Vietnam veterans and ways you can get involved and we want to hear the ways YOU honor Vietnam veterans in your community.

Ways VVMF works to honor all who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam Era:

• Those we lost during the War: The virtual Wall of Faces features a page dedicated to honoring and remembering every person whose name is inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
• Those we lost after the War: The In Memory program honors Vietnam veterans have died each year due to Agent Orange exposure, PTSD/suicide, cancer and other causes related to their service. More than 5,100 veterans have been added to the In Memory Honor Roll since the program began.
• Living Vietnam veterans and ALL Vietnam Era veterans: The VVMF Registry gives a place for living Vietnam veterans and Era veterans, as well as Vietnam Era veterans who have since passed, to have their service forever remembered and their stories told.

Those We Lost During The War

The Wall of Faces

The virtualWall of Facesfeatures a page dedicated to honoring and remembering every person whose name is inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. In an effort to further preserve the legacy of those who sacrificed all in Vietnam, VVMF is committed to finding a photo to go with each of the more than 58,000 names on The Wall. The Wall of Faces allows family and friends to share memories, post pictures and connect with each other.

THE WALL OF FACES

Those we lost after the War

In Memory Honor Roll

Since the Vietnam War ended, thousands of Vietnam veterans have suffered due to Agent Orange exposure, PTSD and other illnesses as a result of their service. VVMF believes all those who served in Vietnam should be honored and remembered for their service. Through VVMF’s In Memory program, these veterans enables the who came home and later died are forever memorialized in the In Memory Honor Roll.

IN MEMORY HONOR ROLL IN MEMORY PROGRAM

Honoring All During and After the War

The Wall That Heals

On Veterans Day 1996, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) unveiled a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., designed to travel to communities throughout the United States. Since its dedication,The Wall That Healshas been displayed at nearly 700 communities throughout the nation, spreading the Memorial’s healing legacy to millions.

Bringing The Wall home to communities throughout our country allows the souls enshrined on the Memorial to exist once more among family and friends in the peace and comfort of familiar surroundings. The traveling exhibit providesthousands of veterans who have been unable to cope with the prospect of facing The Wall to find the strength and courage to do so within their own communities, thus allowing the healing process to begin.

The main components ofThe Wall That Healsare The Wall replica andthe mobile Education Center.

The Wall That Healsexhibit was on the road for more than 13,000 miles and visited 26 communities from coast to coast during its 2021 season. We were escorted by more than 3,000 vehicles into those communities, and we were able to spread The Wall’s healing legacy to nearly 200,000 visitors. Guided tours of the exhibit were provided to more than 12,000 students.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WALL THAT HEALS

Those that returned home and still fought

PTSD Awareness Day

Some left Vietnam but Vietnam didn’t leave them. Nearly 3 million service members served in Vietnam and most returned home. But since then, thousands of Vietnam veterans have battled PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – and it has impacted their lives and the lives of their families in many ways. Returning without a proper homecoming compounded the issues veterans faced upon their return.

LEARN MORE ABOUT PTSD AWARENESS DAY

Those that returned home and still fought

Agent Orange Awareness Day

The Vietnam War may be over, but the battle continues for many Vietnam veterans. Nearly 3 million service members served in Vietnam and most returned home. But since then, thousands of Vietnam veterans have fought illnesses related to Agent Orange exposure. This deadly toxin has impacted the lives of thousands of veterans and their families but is largely unknown to most Americans.

LEARN MORE ABOUT AGENT ORANGE AWARENESS DAY

PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE NAMES ON THE WALL

The Reading of the Names

To commemorate the 40^thAnniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, VVMF will pay tribute to all of the names engraved on The Wall with two special recognitions.

Daily Virtual Name Readings– Beginning November 7, 2021 VVMF will be running a daily virtual name reading to honor the individuals on The Wall whose casualty date falls on that date. These daily readings will run on ourFacebookpage, ourYouTubechannel, and our websitevvmf.org/rotnbeginning November 7th, 2021 and will run until November 6, 2022.

The Reading of the Names– For the 7th time in our history, VVMF will host an in-person event where every single name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is read in order of which it appears on The Wall. As part of the 40^thanniversary commemoration the in-person Reading of the Names ceremony will take place in Washington, D.C. at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and begins on November 7,2022 at 3 p.m. EST. Thousands of volunteers will come to DC to take part in this special event that will end at midnight on November 10, 2022.

READING OF THE NAMES

Living Vietnam veterans and all Vietnam Era veterans

The Registry

The VVMF Registry gives a place for living Vietnam veterans and Era veterans, as well as Vietnam Era veterans who have since passed, to have their service forever remembered and their stories told. The Registry allows veterans or their family members to:

• Preserve their legacy
• Upload and share stories and images
• Connect with others who served during the Vietnam Era
• Connect with those whose names are on The Wall and in the In Memory program

Visit the VVMF Registry at registry.vvmf.org/.

Help VVMF honor our Vietnam Veterans

Support VVMF

Central to VVMF’s mission is honoring the legacy of service of our Vietnam veterans. Help support our work by making a gift today.