The Oregon Vietnam Veterans Living Memorial, located at Washington Park near the Oregon Zoo, was dedicated in 1987.

The memorial is across the parking lot from the zoo, next to the World Forestry Center. Beyond the borders of old-growth Douglas fir, more than three acres of plantings spiral upward, a study of green and granite.

A stone path heads uphill past six alcoves carved with the names of Oregonians who died in Vietnam or are still missing. The dead include four sets of brothers and four Medal of Honor winners.

The site was designed by the landscape firm Walker Macy.

More than 57,000 Oregonians were veterans of the Vietnam War. The wall originally carried the names of 791 who were killed or missing in action in the war. Over the years, more names were added. The question of who was an Oregonian may depend on birthplace, place of enlistment or other factors.

The Oregonian/OregonLive is publishing a database of Oregonians who died in the Vietnam War, in commemoration of Memorial Day 2017. The database was created by data specialist Dave Cansler, with research help from Lynne Palombo, also from the newsroom's data team.

If you think our database is missing names or information, please email data@oregonian.com.

The section of the memorial for the years 1968-69 show the heaviest toll -- nearly 400 names -- for Oregon casualties. More than 3 million Americans served and more than 58,000 died, along with 3 million Vietnamese and 1.5 million Cambodians and Laotians.

The psychic wound of the unpopular war created its own gap. Oregon recently declared March 30 to be Vietnam Veteran Welcome Home Day.

The Oregon memorial followed by a few years the 1982 Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., known as The Wall.

Another Oregon memorial recently found a new home.