Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

Each spring, VVMF works with the Department of Defense to make updates to The Wall. If the Department of Defense determines that a service member has met the criteria for addition to The Wall, their name is added. Service members repatriated in the previous year have their status symbols changed.
This year, there were two additions to The Wall, bringing the total number of names on The Wall to 58,281.

There were also two service members who were repatriated in 2020 and those service members had their status symbols changed on The Wall. The number of Americans still listed as missing and unaccounted for from the Vietnam War stands at 1,584.

Beside each name on The Wall is a symbol designating status. The diamond symbol denotes that the service member is known dead or presumed dead. The cross symbol denotes that the service member was missing or prisoner status when The Wall was built in 1982 and remains unaccounted for today. When a service member is repatriated, the diamond is superimposed over the cross.

These service members will be officially welcomed home at the Memorial Day ceremony at The Wall on May 31.

These two service members had their names added to The Wall in 2021:

ANDREW J SMITH
PFC, U.S. Army
Grabill, Indiana
Panel 36E, Line 86
 
LARRY R TENDA
PFC, U.S. Marine Corps
Clarksburg, West Virginia
Panel W30, Line 70
 
These two service members were repatriated in 2020:

PAUL A AVOLESE
MAJ, U.S. Air Force
East Meadow, N.Y.
Panel 23E, Line 25
 
ALVA R KROGMAN
1LT, U.S. Air Force
Worland, Wyoming
Panel 14E, Line 45