Wall of Remembrance – First Panel Unveiling
On March 8, 2022 General John Tilelli, Chairman and President of the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation and Ambassador Lee, Soo-hyuck, Republic of Korea to the United States unveiled Panel 1 of the upcoming new focal point to the Korean War Veterans Memorial — The Wall of Remembrance. A remembrance wall featuring the names of more than 36,000 Americans who died supporting the War and over 7,100 Koreans who died while augmenting the Army. Their names will be organized by rank and respective branch of service, demonstrating how the War’s burden fell unevenly across the military.
