First Person: Adding a Name to Vietnam Wall

Names are still going up on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington. On this day, it was Lt. Col. William L. Taylor. The AP's Lee Powell captures the precision and dedication behind making an inscription on the wall. (May 4)

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[ch1ldpr3d3t0r]

@wbandet2 thank you for sharing, im so sorry for your loss. im sure you know this, but your husband is an American hero

[wbandet2]

@ch1ldpr3d3t0r - To answer this question, my late husband, LTC (Ret) William L. Taylor died as a result of the long term effect of his war injury (Sept 21, 1970). He had shrapnel in his head and other parts of his body and the shrapnel caused dementia. He suffered for six years not knowing where he was and later was unable to walk or talk. Our son, his namesake, is a freshman in college. My late husband is buried at Arlington National Cemetery & more info has been provided at their website.

[Wyldstylist]

@TheCommentsarestupid Not only that my friend , this is the US federal government doing to provocate other nations and their people. We must not forget that the south Vietnam was occupied by USA , this is why the president needs to tear that wall down .

[TheCommentsarestupid]

@Wyldstylist Hmm, interesting. I have my own opinions on Vietnam, as well as the conflicts on the Korean Peninsula, Iraq and Afghanistan. But they're not important. Only douchebags use a memorial to get attention.

[Wyldstylist]

@GymmFFreak89 because they made the Vietnam war and built the wall/dmz around it , the real heroes back then were the ones refusing to participate in that occupation puppet state of south Vietnam , and they do damn wrong to keep South Korea occupied.

[GymmFFreak89]

@Wyldstylist Why?

[Wyldstylist]

Mister President . Tear that wall down!!!

[ch1ldpr3d3t0r]

how did he die? agent orange or something?

[elspoko]

I say hang all the politicians that ever misuse soldiers. Hang them all.

[MattHughes2011]

No soldier left behind..