Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Vietnam War.
- Type: Monument
- Description: US national memorial in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Bức tường Chiến tranh Việt Nam”, “Bức Tường Tưởng Niệm các chiến binh Mỹ bỏ mình trong chiến tranh Việt Nam”, “Cenotafi dels Veterans del Vietnam”, “Đài tưởng niệm cựu binh Việt Nam”, “Đài tưởng niệm cựu chiến binh Mỹ tại Việt Nam”, “Đài tưởng niệm Việt Nam”, “Monumento a los Veteranos del Vietnam”, “Monumento aos Veteranos do Vietnã”, “Monumento dos Veteranos do Vietnã”, “Národní památník vietnamských veteránů”, “National Vietnam Veterans Memorial”, “Three Servicemen”, “Vietnam Memorial”, “Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Wall”, “Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund”, “Vietnam Women’s Memorial”, “Vietnamo karo veteranų paminklas”, “Vietnamo veteranų memorialas”, “Vietnamo veteranų paminklas”, “VIVE”, “אנדרטת וייטנאם”, “ベトナム戦争記念碑”, “哭墙”, “越南战争纪念墙”, “越南战争纪念碑”, “越南退伍軍人紀念碑”, “越战纪念墙”, and “越战阵亡将士纪念碑”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument.
Lincoln Memorial
Photo: UpstateNYer, Public domain.Washington Monument
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foggy Bottom and Golden Triangle.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Latitude
38.89105° or 38° 53′ 28″ north
Longitude
-77.04759° or 77° 2′ 51″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
87C4VXR2+CX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Vietnam Veterans Memorial” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “النصب التذكاري لحرب فيتنام”
- Armenian: “Վիետնամի պատերազմի վետերանների հուշահամալիր”
- Azerbaijani: “Vyetnam şəhidləri abidəsi”
- Basque: “Vietnamgo Beteranoen Memoriala”
- Bulgarian: “Мемориал на ветераните от Виетнам”
- Catalan: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- Chinese: “越战纪念碑”
- Chinese: “越戰紀念碑”
- Czech: “Památník vietnamských veteránů”
- Dutch: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- Esperanto: “Memornumento pri la Vjetnam-Militaj Veteranoj”
- Esperanto: “Monumento al Vjetnamaj Veteranoj”
- Finnish: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- French: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- German: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- German: “Vietnamveteranen-Denkmal”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת מלחמת וייטנאם”
- Hungarian: “Vietnámi veteránok emlékműve”
- Indonesian: “Vietnam Veteran Memorial”
- Italian: “Memoriale ai Veterani del Vietnam”
- Italian: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- Japanese: “ベトナム戦争戦没者慰霊碑”
- Korean: “베트남 전쟁 전몰자 위령비”
- Latvian: “Vjetnamas veterānu memoriāls”
- Lithuanian: “Vietnamo karo veteranų memorialas”
- Malay: “Tugu Peringatan Veteran Vietnam”
- Persian: “یادبود کهنهسربازان ویتنام”
- Polish: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- Portuguese: “Monumento aos Veteranos do Vietname”
- Russian: “Мемориал ветеранов войны во Вьетнаме”
- Russian: “Мемориал ветеранов Вьетнама”
- Spanish: “Memorial a los Veteranos del Vietnam”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los Veteranos de Vietnam”
- Swedish: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- Thai: “อนุสาวรีย์ทหารผ่านศึกเวียดนาม”
- Turkish: “Vietnam Şehitleri Anıtı”
- Urdu: “ویتنام کے سابق فوجیوں کی یادگار”
- Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm Chiến tranh Việt Nam”
- Waray (Philippines): “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- Welsh: “Cofeb Hen Filwyr Fietnam”
- Western Panjabi: “ویت نام فوجی یادگار”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: The West End and Downtown.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Constitution Ave NW at 21st St NW and Gift & Cafe.
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