Korean war veterans memorial unveils wall of remembrance

Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation En español On July 27, 2022, on the 69th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, a dedication ceremony was held at the Korean War Veterans Memorial

to unveil its new Wall of Remembrance. The wall features the names of the more than 36,000 Americans who died supporting the war and the more than 7,100 Koreans who died while augmenting

the U.S. Army. Take a look at the site’s groundbreaking ceremony and see the completed design. ​​ * LIST * | * SLIDESHOW * Photos * * * 1 of * PHOTO BY: Jay Mallin/Korean War Veterans

Memorial Foundation ​​The groundbreaking ceremony, held in May 2021, was attended by Korean President Moon Jae-in, the Korean ambassador to the U.S., Lee Soo-Hyuc, and U.S. Secretary of

Defense Lloyd Austin.​ * * * 2 of * PHOTO BY: Jay Mallin/Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation ​Korean war veterans attend the groundbreaking ceremony.  * * * 3 of * PHOTO BY: Korean War

Veterans Memorial Foundation ​To demonstrate how the war’s burden fell unevenly across the military, the names are organized by rank and branch of service, said the Korean War Veterans

Memorial Foundation. ​​ * * * 4 of * PHOTO BY: Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation ​The wall consists of 100 granite panels weighing between six and eight tons each. Of the names

inscribed on the wall, 29,857 represent members of the U.S. Army who died. There are 4,522 from the Marine Corps, 668 from the Navy and 1,587 from the Air Force.​ * * * 5 of * PHOTO BY:

Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation ​The Wall of Remembrance rests next to the Pool of Remembrance, where inscriptions list the numbers of those who were killed, wounded, missing in

action and prisoners of war.   * * * 6 of * PHOTO BY: Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation ​Family and friends touch the remembrance wall where a loved one’s name is listed.​ _Aaron

Kassraie writes about issues important to military veterans and their families for AARP. He also serves as a general assignment reporter. Kassraie previously covered U.S. foreign policy as a

correspondent for the Kuwait News Agency’s Washington bureau and worked in news gathering for _USA Today_ and Al Jazeera English._ MORE ON VETERANS * Why the Vietnam Wall founder still

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