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    		• Parks, Charles Cropper,
     
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    		• Bachtle, Edward, Sr.,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Ethnic -- African American
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• State of Being -- Illness
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Delaware -- Wilmington
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Vietnam, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Parks, Charles Cropper, 1922-2012, sculptor.
    Bachtle, Edward, Sr., architect.
    Title: 
    Vietnam, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Vietnam War Memorial, (sculpture).
    New Castle County Honors the Delawareans Who Served in Vietnam, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1983. Copyrighted 1983.
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    Medium: 
    Figures: bronze; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Figures: approx. 9 ft. x 6 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. 6 in. x Diam. 19 ft.
    Inscription: 
    PARKS (Around base;) NEW CASTLE COUNTY HONORS THE DELAWAREANS WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM. (Five branches of the services) (Names on individuals who served in Vietnam) signed
    Description: 
    Sculpture consists of two soldiers atop a stone "mound of earth." An African-American soldier, dressed in uniform, carries the limp body of the other. The base is inset with the insignia of the various local veterans organizations and panels inscribed with the names of the 166 Delawareans killed or missing in Vietnam.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Vietnam War
    Figure group -- Male
    Ethnic -- African American
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    State of Being -- Illness -- Wound
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Delaware -- Wilmington
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Wilmington, Department of Parks and Recreation, 22 South Heald Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801
    Located Brandywine Park, Baynard Boulevard between Washington Street and 18th Street, Wilmington, Delaware
    Remarks: 
    New Castle County sponsored the memorial with 162,000 dollars.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Delaware survey, 1995.
    Silver, Robert T., "Outdoor Sculpture in Wilmington," Wilmington, Delaware: Wilmington Arts Commission, 1987.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Silver, Robert T., "Outdoor Sculpture in Wilmington," Wilmington, Delaware: Wilmington Arts Commission, 1987, pg.58.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 87910007
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