ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY

Almost 60 years after his heroic actions during a 19-hour battle in Vietnam earned him the Medal of Honor, retired Col. Paris Davis’ name has been etched in stone at the National Museum of the United States Army. 

“I would like to say that I’m overwhelmed by what has happened here today,” Davis said as he saw his name on the granite wall of the museum’s Medal of Honor Garden. “Never in my biggest or smallest or tiniest dream could I ever put myself where I am right now.”

The Defense Department is facing bipartisan political pressure to correct more than 1,000 errors on the Wall of Remembrance at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., now features a Wall of Remembrance bearing the names of the fallen.

Unveiled on July 27, the 69th anniversary of National Korean War Armistice Day, the wall is inscribed with the names of more than 36,000 U.S. soldiers and over 7,000 Korean augmentees who fought alongside the Americans. 

The Korean War, sometimes referred to as “The Forgotten War,” was fought between June 25, 1950, and July 27, 1953. 

The Defense Department has launched Military In Lasting Tribute, an online memorial honoring service members who died while serving honorably on active duty.

The memorial is the first DoD memorial to include peacetime deaths, and it ranges from 1985 to the present, according to a Pentagon press release. More than 47,000 service members have died on active-duty status since 1985, according to the Defense Manpower Data Center.

Riders in the 12th annual Fallen Soldiers Memorial Torch Motorcycle Ride will travel 4,500 miles and stop in 17 states over 30 days as they honor America’s fallen service members. 

The cross-country ride began in Eugene, Oregon, on July 10 and will make its final stop at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Aug. 8, according to the Tribute to Fallen Soldiers Northwest website. 

In time for Memorial Day, the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration has redesigned its Veterans Legacy Memorial website to give it more usability and allow visitors to upload photos and documents to a veteran’s page.

The legacy of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States and supreme allied commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during World War II, will be brought to life with a national memorial opening this week in Washington, D.C.

Set on a 4-acre site described by designers as an “urban park,” the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial will be located at the base of Capitol Hill in front of the U.S. Department of Education and across the street from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

National cemeteries managed by the Department of Veterans Affairs will be open during Memorial Day weekend, but the traditional wreath-laying ceremonies will be closed to the public because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia will remain closed to the public. The cemetery will be open only to family pass holders, officials announced.