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Vietnam Veterans Memorial And The Commemorative Coin

OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,414 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Does anyone know if this is an exact representation of this spot on the wall?

Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

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  • JWPJWP Posts: 22,738 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Oakstar Any idea where a coin like can be purchased?

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

    debbie downer - only authorized people may touch the wall

    @JWP said:
    @Oakstar Any idea where a coin like can be purchased?

    ebay and other sources - these are official mint commems

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  • JWPJWP Posts: 22,738 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MsMorrisine Thanks for the info :)

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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SaorAlba said:
    https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/search/results/?search-term=Brian+f.+carlquist

    Seems to be, I checked a couple of names and they really are on the wall.

    Thanks for that link.

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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If that depiction on the coin is exactly how it appears on the wall, that is great! I'm wondering how or why the designer picked this spot on the wall and the names? Or was it just a random thing?

    I'm also wondering if the family members of these service members know about this coin and their reaction to it. I sure would be proud if one of those names on that coin were my father, cousin, brother, uncle, grandfather or nephew!

    Since the coin is 1994, family members must surely be aware of this coin by now.

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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JWP said:
    @Oakstar Any idea where a coin like can be purchased?

    Here you go:

    https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Vietnam+Veterans+Memorial+Commemorative+Coin&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1313

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  • Pnies20Pnies20 Posts: 2,328 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great design. The reverse is cool too

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

    one of my neighbors son is up on the wall, last name was Owens. lets not forget

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,676 ✭✭✭✭✭

    😳 There is interest in an older modern commemorative?!

    Alert the numismatic media. That's front page news! 😃

  • CregCreg Posts: 524 ✭✭✭✭

    @OAKSTAR said:
    I'm wondering how or why the designer picked this spot on the wall and the names? Or was it just a >random thing?


    Eye/head/tripod level

  • yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 4,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 13, 2024 1:44PM

    @SaorAlba said:
    https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/search/results/?search-term=Brian+f.+carlquist

    Seems to be, I checked a couple of names and they really are on the wall.

    Also, the names I checked (Brian F. Carlquist, James R. Dragoti, Bernard J. Creed) all died on the same day - November 17, 1965.
    I assume they must be sorted this way on the wall.

  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 5,958 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think anyone can touch the wall.
    I was there only one time and touched the wall.

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,676 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do think that if you want a rubbing of a name they have people there to do it.

  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There are no rules about touching the wall.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,228 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @yosclimber said:

    @SaorAlba said:
    https://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/search/results/?search-term=Brian+f.+carlquist

    Seems to be, I checked a couple of names and they really are on the wall.

    Also, the names I checked (Brian F. Carlquist, James R. Dragoti, Bernard J. Creed) all died on the same day - November 17, 1965.
    I assume they must be sorted this way on the wall.

    They put the names in the order of their deaths rather than in alphabetical order because there are cases of two or three persons that have the same name and it would look strange to see the same name repeated two or three times together.

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,238 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 13, 2024 4:13PM

    Exhibits
    As visitors walk along the memorial wall, they may move closer to the wall to find and touch the names of the more than 58,000 service men and women who gave their lives in the Vietnam conflict. There may be objects or tributes located on the ground in front the panels containing names.

    https://www.nps.gov/vive/planyourvisit/accessibility.htm

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ok, i was wrong, but i could have sworn there were signs. maybe that's just for name rubbings

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 33,238 ✭✭✭✭✭

    here is a great service i found:

    The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
    Request a Name Rubbing

    Thanks to our supporters and volunteers, VVMF provided more than 3,000 free name rubbings for those who couldn’t make it to The Wall in 2022.

    If you are interested in receiving a rubbing of a name on The Wall, please fill out our Name Rubbing Request Form. One of the incredible Wall volunteers will do the rubbing and send it to you at the address you list. This service is provided free of charge thanks to the many supporters of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.

    https://www.vvmf.org/About-The-Wall/

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  • pmh1nicpmh1nic Posts: 3,290 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Pnies20 said:
    Great design. The reverse is cool too

    I really like the reverse!

    I got drafted in June of 1972. At that point the ground war was drawing down so no new troops were being sent to Vietnam (if someone knows different let me know). Anyway I'm pretty sure the Army didn't know what to do with me. I got shuffled back and forth between NJ and VA; Ft. Dix, NJ to Ft. Myer, VA back to Ft. Dix, NJ and then finally to Ft. Story, VA. Never got more than four hundred miles from NY and did nothing more dangerous than riding a LARC (four wheel amphibious vehicle) on Chesapeake Bay.

    Anyway, the reverse of this coin/medal displays a number of medals that were awarded during the war. One of my jobs during the time I was stationed at Ft. Myer was transposing the record of achievement from the official record onto the actual commendation. The commendation (landscape manila material) had an embossed color depiction of the medal on it (Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Silver Star, etc.). As a 19 year old kid I had no clue about the significance of these medals or the hardships endured earning them.

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  • JWPJWP Posts: 22,738 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 19, 2024 6:58PM

    @OAKSTAR. I liked the coin so much I got this unc version from Ebay today. I visited DC a few years back and was able to trace the name of one of my brothers' classmates that did not return from the war. What a beautiful monument.

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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @JWP said:
    @OAKSTAR. I liked the coin so much I got this unc version from Ebay today. I visited DC a few years back and was able to trace the name of one of my brothers' classmates that did not return from the war. What a beautiful monument.

    Thank you for sharing that memory. 👍

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  • TwobitcollectorTwobitcollector Posts: 3,422 ✭✭✭✭✭

    George Jones Memorial (50,000 Names Carved In The Wall)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24WRxxsra04&t=3s

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