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In President’s Park near the White House, this memorial honors members of the U.S. Army’s 1st Infantry Division who died in service from World War I through later wars. Conceived by the division’s veterans and dedicated in 1924, it was designed by Cass Gilbert with a Victory statue by Daniel Chester French and first bore 5,516 names from World War I. Later additions recorded 4,325 dead from World War II, 3,079 from Vietnam, and 27 from Desert Storm. Congress later cleared the way for 631 names from Iraq and Afghanistan. Funded privately by the division’s society, it remains an evolving record of sacrifice.
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Washington, District of Columbia · United States
