Vietnam Veteran's Memorial, Raleigh
Johnpaul Harris, Sculptor
Abbe Godwin, Designer
The memorial, which stands 6'3" tall, contains three bronze soldiers clad in uniform and holding their rifles close. Two of the figures carry their injured comrade to a landing zone to receive medical attention; the soldiers eye the sky, watching for an evacuation helicopter.
Plaque near the memorial states: NORTH CAROLINA VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL / DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF NORTH CAROLINA / WHO SERVED WITH DIGNITY AND HONOR IN THE VIETNAM WAR / DEDICATED ON MAY 23, 1987
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Plaque on bench near memorial states: TO HONOR / GENERAL ALFRED M. GRAY / UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS / WHO DEDICATED THIS / VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL / ON / MAY 23, 1987 / AND / MAY 26, 2007 / NORTH CAROLINA VIETNAM VETERANS, INC.
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City of Raleigh
May 23, 1987 and May 26, 2007
35.780630 , -78.638510
"1st--Davidson, 2nd--Nash Arches, Guilford Battle Ground, Greensboro, N.C." in Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Wilson Library, UNC-Chapel Hill Link
"The Tar Heel State Honors its Vietnam Veterans," VVA.org, (accessed June 25, 2012) Link
"Vietnam Veterans Memorial," Flicker, (accessed June 25, 2012) Link
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Bronze statues, Stone base
North Carolina Vietnam Veterans, Inc. The funds to construct the monument were privately raised.
The monument was dedicated during the North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Homecoming Salute on May 23, 1987.
"After the Firefight"
The memorial honors the North Carolina men and women who fought during the Vietnam War. The memorial is the first sculpture on the Capitol grounds by a female and also the first to include an African American.
The monument is near the "Presidents North Carolina Gave the Nation" monument and is located near the intersection of East Edenton Street and North Wilmington Street.
The memorial is located on top of a rocky platform on a semi-grassy, semi-concrete spot with a pathway leading to the monument. Near the pathway is located a grassy plain and several medium-sized trees.
The North Carolina Vietnam Veterans organization honors the POW/MIA victims of the Vietnam War monthly on the first Saturday around noon. On Christmas, the Veterans hold a candlelight service.
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