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Names on the Wall Alphabetically

Names on the Wall Alphabetically is a list of all 58,169 Names on the Wall in Washington, D.C.

Note: This section is way out of date and has not been updated. It is being kept here for historical purposes. It was originally developed by the former Vietnam Veterans Home Page Platoon Guide, Chris Shepard, as an interim capability pending the development and fielding of a fully-searchable database.The names of persons on "the Wall" are broken down into 26 files, based on the last initial. Click on the initial you'd like to view. (There are 58,169 names in these lists. Updates occur as time permits the many people involved.)

The site that it was linked to for detailed information on each casualty is not longer online. There are several fully-searchable sites that are kept up to date and where detailed information on each casualty is available. The original and best maintained is "The Virtual Wall" started by Jim "Polecat" Schueckler and run by his outstanding staff of volunteers.

Data taken from files so thoughtfully prepared by Tom Holloway without whose efforts this page would not be possible.

Btw, if you're not actually looking for someone's name, but are merely interested in what the lists look like, please select one of the smaller files, such as "Q" or "U" to reduce loading time.

Also, please notify us at: bill@vietvet.org if you find any technical problems with the pages themselves (not the data therein).

Reading all the names aloud:

  • The Wall is about names. At some The Moving Wall™ sites, the sponsor makes arrangements for all 58,281 names to be read aloud. This takes about 72 hours. If each person reads for 20 minutes, (270 names) this will require 216 volunteer name readers. Making these arrangements and printing the pages takes considerable effort, but is a very effective means to express the enormity of the war and that each name was a real person. Frequently relatives or buddies of casualties offer to read the block of names that includes their special names. If you do this, be sure to have an alternate reader assigned to take over in case the reader loses composure.

A printed version for visitors to search: 

  • You may print these files and have the pages available for visitors to peruse. This can help veterans or relatives find other persons who died with the person they know. You could also keep these files on a computer at your site, for searching with a word processor. When you select the alphabet initial you want, wait till it loads. Once it loads, there should be a PRINT Option on your Browser to enable you to print that letter group of names. Much more detailed information is available on this web site:
    The Wall on The Web.

The files: 

  • These files are lists of the names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, listed in chronological order of the casualty date and then alphabetical by last name within a given date. This is close to, but not exactly in the same order as the names on the Wall. More than 200 names have been added to the Wall since it was dedicated because additional casualty records were found and the requirements were expanded (by Michael). There are officially 58,281 names on the Wall, but the database these files were derived from only contained 58,182. We will post the additions when we find them.·        Note that the files are large, and are in Rich Text Format (RTF), with two columns per page. If your browser displays the text file, you can then use the "save as" menu command to store each text file on your media. Another browser may inform you that it does not know how to display the file but will allow you to download it after you specify a file name. Once download is complete, or you've done a "save as", you can use any word processor to open, search, edit, or print the name files.·        Except for the last file, there are approximately 10,000 names per file.The files are quite large in order that we could save in Rich Text Format and have two columns per page, rather than only one column. Please be patient while they download, thank you.

A (1780 names - 239023 bytes)
B (5502 names - 737972 bytes)
C (4363 names - 586584 bytes)
D (2790 names - 374290 bytes)
E (1082 names - 144866 bytes)
F (1979 names - 265759 bytes)
G (3036 names - 407075 bytes)
H (4463 names - 598834 bytes)
I (218 names - 29278 bytes)
J (1845 names - 247563 bytes)
K (2039 names - 273818 bytes)
L (2594 names - 347007 bytes)
M (5535 names - 746233 bytes)
N (991 names - 133156 bytes)
O (823 names - 110441 bytes)
P (2883 names - 387095 bytes)
Q (117 names - 15780 bytes)
R (3022 names - 405468 bytes)
S (5782 names - 778012 bytes)
T (2128 names - 285975 bytes)
U (154 names - 20698 bytes)
V (764 names - 103173 bytes)
W (3750 names - 503168 bytes)
X (1 name - 227 bytes)
Y (308 names - 41336 bytes)
Z (217 names - 29131 bytes)