Korean War Veterans Memorial | |
Location | SE of Lincoln Memorial, off Independence Ave., Washington, D.C. |
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Coordinates | 38°53′16″N 77°2′50″W / 38.88778°N 77.04722°W |
Area | 2.20 acres (0.89 ha) |
Visitation | 3,214,467 (2005) |
Website | Korean War Veterans Memorial |
NRHP reference No. | 01000273[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 27, 1995 |
The Korean War Veterans Memorial is located in Washington, D.C.'s West Potomac Park, southeast of the Lincoln Memorial and just south of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall. It memorializes those who served in the Korean War (1950–1953). The national memorial was dedicated in 1995. It includes 19 statues representing U.S. military personnel in action. In 2022, the memorial was expanded to include a granite memorial wall, engraved with the names of U.S. military personnel (and South Koreans embedded in U.S. military units) who died in the war.