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Dignity Vietnam Wall

Albert Quintero of Hollywood traces the name of his uncle Fernando Mendoza Quintero on the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall, a traveling three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. The wall was at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood over the weekend.

Albert Quintero of Hollywood traces the name of his uncle Fernando Mendoza Quintero on the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall, a traveling three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. The wall was at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood over the weekend.  (Anne Cusack / LAT)

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The Dignity Vietnam Wall is a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. built in 1990.It has visited more than 200 cities. This past weekend it visited Pierce Brothers-Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood. Over 58,000 names appear on the wall and are being read as visitors come to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers.

Dignity Vietnam Wall

Visitors to the Dignity wall place their hands over their hearts as the American flag is raised.  (Anne Cusack / LAT)

Dignity Vietnam Wall

A man who goes by the name of Kodak reads a memorial to Jimmy Wayne Phipps as friend Trish Blanton looks on.  (Anne Cusack / LAT)

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