Vietnam Vet·e·rans Me·mo·ri·al /·········/ˌ ˈ ˌ/ BrE AmE
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ( also the Vietnam Memorial ) two long walls made of polished black stone which are arranged in a V-shape on the Mall (= park area) in Washington, D.C. The walls have more than 58,000 names carved on them, which is to remind people of all the US soldiers who died in the Vietnam War or never returned from Vietnam.