What are the 3 parts of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?


The memorial consists of three parts: the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, the Three Servicemen Statue and Flagpole, and the Vietnam Women's Memorial.

The Three Servicemen Statue

Three Soldiers is a bronze statue by Frederick Hart. Unveiled on Veterans Day, November 11, 1984, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., it is part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial commemorating the Vietnam War.

Why was the Three Soldiers monument added to the Vietnam Memorial?

The Three Servicemen statue and flagstaff were added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1984. The statue depicts three American servicemen and the things they carried. Sculptor Frederick Hart's goal was to create a moving evocation of the experience and service of the Vietnam veteran.

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What do you call a Vietnam veteran?
The more common usage distinguishes between those who served "in-country" and those who did not serve in Vietnam by referring to the "in-country" veterans as "Vietnam veterans" and the others as "Vietnam-era veterans." Regardless, the U.S. government officially refers to all as "Vietnam-era veterans.

How many Vietnam veterans are still alive?
2024: 6.3 million veterans.
As of 2020, there were approximately 6.3 million veterans of the United States military still alive who served during the period of the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1975.

Around 8.75 million service personnel served during the war, with 40% of those stationed in Vietnam and the surrounding Southeast Asian countries. (Actually 2.8 million served in-country.)

Who received combat pay?

Between 1 in 5 and 1 in 4 received combat pay.

Only those routinely exposed to the hazards and hardships of frontline service would receive pay. To be eligible in a given month, an individual must spend at least six days in “combat,” defined as either engagement with enemy forces or “direct support” of engagement.