The Three Servicemen

The Three Servicemen is a bronze statue located at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. It depicts three U.S. servicemen standing together, representing the common bond shared by all who served in the Vietnam War.1

The statue was added to the memorial in 1984 as a compromise after the original design by Maya Lin, a minimalist black granite wall, faced controversy for its departure from traditional memorial styles. The Three Servicemen statue, designed by Frederick Hart, was commissioned to complement Lin's wall and provide a more conventional element to the memorial. It stands near the entrance to the wall, offering a figurative representation of the soldiers honored by the monument.1