Vietnam Wall Goes Digital

Week of March 31, 2008

A digital image of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial enables users to locate each veteran's name in the exact location it appears on the memorial in D.C. From there, information on that person is displayed and any visitor to the website can upload photos of veterans and leave comments and stories free of charge. While all the records used to make the database are accessible at a National Archives research room in College Park, Md., and at www.archives.gov, the site allows people easier access to these Vietnam records. Veterans can be searched through 54 different categories, including name, age, birthday, hometown, home state, start of tour date and rank. Read the full article at Military.com.