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Writer's pictureDave Harmon, PW editor

Advocates: Listing of names on new wall at Korean War Veterans Memorial may be riddled with errors

Next month, the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall will have a new focal point — a remembrance wall featuring the names of approximately 36,574 Americans who died supporting the war and more than 7,200 Koreans who died while augmenting the Army. Their names will be organized by rank and respective branch of service, demonstrating how the war’s burden fell unevenly across the military.

According to the National Park Service, work began in early March on the addition and additional renovations, which will cost approximately $22 million. The groundbreaking marks the completion of a years-long fundraising process that began when Congress passed the Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance Act in 2016. The non-profit Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation successfully raised the money through private donations from American and South Korean citizens and corporations.


https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/04/06/thousands-of-name-errors-possible-in-new-korean-war-remembrance-wall-advocates-fear/

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