Put a Face with a Name Campaign

This past fall, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and Kinko’s, Inc., launched the Put a Face with a Name campaign to collect a picture for each of the 58,226 men and women whose names are inscribed on “The Wall” The National Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

More than 1,500 photographs have been added to the permanent online photo collection at The Virtual Wall (WWW.THEVIRTUALWALL.ORG).

The campaign, originally scheduled to end on Veterans Day, was extended to the end of 2001. Although the Kinko’s program ended December 31, the Memorial Fund continues collecting pictures.

If you have a picture of a loved one or fellow veteran whose name is on The Wall, please help the Memorial Fund collect a photograph for every name on The Wall. You can post your photograph to The Virtual Wall in several ways:

1. Scan and upload the photograph from home. On The Virtual Wall, find the veterans profile page and click on post a remembrance. Complete the required information and choose Attach an Image from my computer. Click on next step to review before submitting it for approval.

2. Email your scanned image to the Memorial Fund. If you have a scanner at home, you can email it as an attachment (jpeg or gif preferred) to Mariah French (MFRENCH@VVMF.ORG). In the body of the email, be sure to include the veterans name, your name, a password and any other information you would like included in the remembrance.

3. Mail a copy of your photograph to the Memorial Fund. If you cannot scan the photograph, you can mail it to the Memorial Fund to be scanned and uploaded. Remember to include all of the information mentioned above as well as your mailing address so the photo can be returned. Mail the information and photograph to: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Attn: Put a Face with a Name, 1023 15th Street NW, Second Floor, Washington, DC 20005.

If you have any questions about The Virtual Wall or how to add a photograph to the collection, contact Mariah French at MFRENCH@VVMF.ORG or (202) 393-0090 ext. 22.

Editor's note - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is a national endeavor and is not associated with the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation. Below is part of the entry for Medal of Honor recipient Major Charles Joseph Watters (a New Jerseyan) at the Virtual War website WWW.THEVIRTUALWALL.ORG.