There are 58,183 names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The lives they touched tell their stories.
The story of three items left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall: a pencil holder, a sheriff's badge, and an electric guitar. Each item connects the living with the dead and are left as either memorials or to heal the wounds of war.
Col. Holst (segment "The Pencil Holder")
Bishop (segment "The Player")
Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
Calvin (segment "The Badge")
Liz (segment "The Badge")
Luis (segment "The Player")
Capt. Allen (segment "The Pencil Holder")
Timothy Mullen (segment "The Pencil Holder")
Woman at the Wall (segment "The Player")
Soldier (segment "The Pencil Holder")
Green Beret Soldier (segment "The Pencil Holder")
Bracey Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
Marine Guard (segment "The Pencil Holder")
Buelton (segment "The Player")
Broadaxe (segment "The Player")
Olivera (segment "The Player")
Soldier (segment "The Player")
Counter Worker (segment "The Pencil Holder")
Menke (segment "The Player")
Adjutant (segment "The Pencil Holder")