"The brothers estimate that the $22 million wall of remembrance... contains 1,015 spelling errors."

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"It also incorrectly includes 245 names of service members who died in circumstances totally unrelated to the war, they say, including a man killed in a motorcycle accident in Hawaii and another who drank antifreeze thinking it was alcohol. And it includes one Marine who lived for 60 years after the war and had eight grandchildren. Beyond that, there are about 500 names that should be listed but are not, according to the Barkers. They say that the official roster used for the wall was so slapdash that they cannot find much rhyme or reason to who was included and who was left out."

From "A Korean War Wall of Remembrance Set Hundreds of Errors in Stone/Many names of American service members who died in the conflict are misspelled or missing from the new memorial wall in Washington, relatives and researchers say" (NYT).

"A man named Frederick Bald Eagle Bear, an Army corporal who was killed as he rallied his infantry squad to fend off an enemy attack... [is listed] as Eagle B F Bald. There are hundreds more mistakes like those."

What to do about it? From the comments over there: "Leave the memorial as is. Place a plaque there saying 'This memorial contains numerous errors and omissions.' Let it stand as an example of the horror and confusion of war, when a tiny error can lead to the loss of many lives."

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