Photos of fallen Vietnam GI's sought

I really wish they would get this right. A veteran is a person after service, after war, after they come home. They are looking for photographs of fallen GI's (government issued) and not veterans. It would be great if they were looking for the pictures and stories of those who died because of Vietnam and started to count them but they won't. Suicides, Agent Orange, died of exposure as homeless veterans on our streets and in our woods? Their stories don't count, but they should.

Photos of fallen Vietnam veterans sought
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Organizers want to gather photos of soldiers who died in Vietnam War

FedEx Office is providing free electronic scanning service for those submitting photos

More than 58,000 names are on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The organizers of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Federal Express are issuing a nationwide "call for photos" to help document the stories of those lost in the war.


A new project is trying to put a face to each of the 58,195 names listed on the Vietnam Wall.

The images will be compiled and displayed at an education center near the Vietnam Wall on the National Mall. To get the original snapshots converted to a digital image that can be stored, the retail chain FedEx Office is providing free electronic scanning service at its 1,600 stores across the country.

Colleen Shine, who lost her father and her uncle in the war, said the effort will pull together "the faces and stories of all the names on the Wall."

At least one photo is sought for each of the 58,195 names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. About 10,000 names are already represented on a Web site run by the memorial's foundation.

FedEx staff will also spend time collecting some details about the lost veteran, as described by the family and friends submitting the photographs at the store location
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Photos of fallen Vietnam veterans sought