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 U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monument
- Description: national memorial in Washington, D.C., United States
- Also known as: “National Vietnam Veterans Memorial” and “VIVE”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument.
Lincoln Memorial
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The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, located on the western end of the National Mall of Washington, D.C. The memorial is built in a neoclassical style in the form of a classical temple. Lincoln Memorial is situated 980 feet southwest of Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Washington Monument
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The Washington Monument is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. Washington Monument is situated 3,600 feet east of Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Vietnam Women’s Memorial
Memorial
The Vietnam Women's Memorial is a memorial dedicated to the nurses and women of the United States who served in the Vietnam War. It depicts three uniformed women with a wounded male soldier to symbolize the support and caregiving roles that women played in the war as nurses and other specialists.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foggy Bottom and Golden Triangle.
Foggy Bottom
Suburb
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Foggy Bottom is a neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States, located in the city's northwest quadrant. It stretches west of the White House towards the Potomac River, north of the National Mall, east of Georgetown, south of the West End neighborhood and west of Downtown D.C.
Golden Triangle
Neighborhood
The Golden Triangle is a neighborhood and business improvement district in Washington, D.C. Covering 43 blocks, it encompasses the western part of Washington's central business district, running from the front yard of the White House's north side to Dupont Circle and from 16th Street NW to 21st Street NW and including sections of K Street and Connecticut Avenue.
West End
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The West End of Downtown D.C. is the area immediately west of downtown. This guide focuses on the areas of K Street, the West End and Foggy Bottom neighborhoods.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Latitude
38.89105° or 38° 53′ 28″ northLongitude
-77.04759° or 77° 2′ 51″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87C4VXR2+CXOpenStreetMap ID
way 173932971OpenStreetMap 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: “Cenotafi dels Veterans del Vietnam”
- Catalan: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- Chinese: “哭墙”
- Chinese: “越南战争纪念墙”
- Chinese: “越南战争纪念碑”
- Chinese: “越南退伍軍人紀念碑”
- Chinese: “越战纪念墙”
- Chinese: “越战纪念碑”
- Chinese: “越战阵亡将士纪念碑”
- Chinese: “越戰紀念碑”
- 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: “Three Servicemen”
- German: “Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Wall”
- German: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund”
- German: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- German: “Vietnam Women’s Memorial”
- German: “Vietnamveteranen-Denkmal”
- Hebrew: “אנדרטת וייטנאם”
- 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”
- Japanese: “ベトナム戦争記念碑”
- Korean: “베트남 전쟁 전몰자 위령비”
- Latvian: “Vjetnamas veterānu memoriāls”
- Lithuanian: “Vietnamo karo veteranų memorialas”
- Lithuanian: “Vietnamo karo veteranų paminklas”
- Lithuanian: “Vietnamo veteranų memorialas”
- Lithuanian: “Vietnamo veteranų paminklas”
- Malay: “Tugu Peringatan Veteran Vietnam”
- Persian: “یادبود کهنهسربازان ویتنام”
- Polish: “Vietnam Memorial”
- Polish: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- Portuguese: “Monumento aos Veteranos do Vietnã”
- Portuguese: “Monumento aos Veteranos do Vietname”
- Portuguese: “Monumento dos Veteranos do Vietnã”
- Russian: “Мемориал ветеранов войны во Вьетнаме”
- Russian: “Мемориал ветеранов Вьетнама”
- Spanish: “Memorial a los Veteranos del Vietnam”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los Veteranos de Vietnam”
- Spanish: “Monumento a los Veteranos del Vietnam”
- Spanish: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- Swedish: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- Thai: “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- Thai: “อนุสาวรีย์ทหารผ่านศึกเวียดนาม”
- Turkish: “Vietnam Şehitleri Anıtı”
- Urdu: “ویتنام کے سابق فوجیوں کی یادگار”
- Vietnamese: “Bức tường Chiến tranh Việt Nam”
- Vietnamese: “Bức Tường Tưởng Niệm các chiến binh Mỹ bỏ mình trong chiến tranh Việt Nam”
- Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm Chiến tranh Việt Nam”
- Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm cựu binh Việt Nam”
- Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm cựu chiến binh Mỹ tại Việt Nam”
- Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm Việt Nam”
- Waray (Philippines): “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”
- Welsh: “Cofeb Hen Filwyr Fietnam”
- Western Panjabi: “ویت نام فوجی یادگار”
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