Vietnam Women’s 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.
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  • Memorial
  • …lies at an elevation of 13 feet (4 metres)
  • …is also known as “Women Who Served in Vietnam Memorial”
  • …dates from 1993
  • Description: memorial dedicated to the women of the United States who served in the Vietnam War

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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The is a 555-foot tall obelisk… is situated 3,400 feet east of Vietnam Women’s Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Foggy Bottom and Golden Triangle.
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The of Downtown D.C. is the area immediately west of downtown.

Vietnam Women’s Memorial

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Latitude
38.89055° or 38° 53′ 26″ north
Longitude
-77.04699° or 77° 2′ 49″ west
Open location code
87C4VXR3+66
Open­Street­Map ID
way 895985390
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Geo­Names ID
4140886
Wiki­data ID
Q2910887

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Vietnam Women’s Memorial” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نصب تذكاري لنساء فيتنام”
  • French: “Vietnam Women’s Memorial”
  • German: “Denkmal der Vietnam-Frauen”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת הלוחמות בווייטנאם”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת הלוחמות בוייטנאם”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת הלוחמות במלחמת וייטנאם”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת נשות וייטנאם”
  • Italian: “Memoriale alle Donne del Vietnam”
  • Japanese: “ベトナム女性記念碑”
  • Portuguese: “Memorial das Mulheres do Vietname”
  • Spanish: “Memorial a las mujeres de la guerra del Vietnam”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a las mujeres de la guerra del Vietnam”
  • Tamil: “வியட்நாம் பெண்கள் நினைவகம்”
  • Urdu: “ویتنام خواتین کی یادگار”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm Phụ nữ ở Việt Nam”
  • Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm Phụ nữ Việt Nam”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویتنام خواتین دی یادگار”

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