When the AV Wall is displayed, it is open 24 hours/day for free public viewing 1. Vietnam Era: 1 Nov 1955 – 15 May 1975 (by Congress in 1999) 2. As of 2022 – 384 names added since 1986 3. Number of casualties on The Wall – 58,281 4. Total number of names engraved on The Wall – 58,395 (includes duplications and errors) 5. At least one US Service member died in Vietnam every day from December 31, 1965 to December 9, 1970. A total of 1,804 days and 52,448 lives lost! 6. There are 8 Females on the Wall all Nurses (7,484 Military women served in Vietnam, 6,250 were nurses.) 7. There are 43 sets of Brothers on the Wall 8. There is one set of Step-Brothers 9. There are 3 Fathers/Sons on the Wall 10. There are 16 Chaplains on the Wall, 7 Catholic (2 Medal of Honor Recipients – MoH), 2 Jewish, 7 Protestant 11. There are 10 Nurses on the Wall; 8 Female, 2 Male 12. There are 1345 Army Medics on the Wall (unconfirmed) 13. There are 691 Navy Corpsmen on the Wall (unconfirmed) 14. There are 8 Coast Guard on the Wall 15. There are 21 different countries represented on the Wall 16. There are 57 Canadians on the Wall 17. Earliest to Die – Richard B Fitzgibbon Jr (52E, 021), 8-Jun-56 18. First Name on Panel 01E – Dale Richard Buis (01E, 001), 8-Jul-59 19. There are 13 Flag Officers on the Wall 20. Highest Casualty Day – 31-Jan-68: 246 21. Highest Casualty Month – May-68: 2,416 22. Highest Casualty Year – 1968: 16,916 23. Peak US In Country (Inco) Troop Strength – 30-Apr-69: 543,482 24. There are 76 Names on the Wall with ties to the Antelope Valley 25. Approximately 997 were killed on their first day in Vietnam (unconfirmed) 26. Shortest Tour – Leslie Gene King (02E, 047), 01-Aug-65, 4 Hours (unconfirmed) 27. Approximately 1,443 were killed on their day of departure from Vietnam (unconfirmed) 28. MoH – 160 (159 from Vietnam, 1 from WWII) on Wall (Average Age of MoH on Wall: 24), Total for Vietnam 266 29. Native Americans – 23