US memorial Has 1,015 spelling mistakes with 245 veterans who have not died in the Korean War

A memorial wall in honor of the American victims of the Korean War reports on 1,015 spelling mistakes and contains the names of 245 veterans that died in completely different circumstances.

The monument, which consists of black granite slabs, into which 36,634 names are engraved, was revealed in the National Mall in Washington DC in summer.

It cost $ 22 million and was supposed to pay tribute to the American soldiers who died in the Korean war.

"It is just a damn mess-full of old bookkeeping errors and typo," said historian Hal Barker, who, together with his brother Edward, runs the online recording archive "The Korea War Project", the New York Times.

According to the couple, the monument contains 1,015 spelling mistakes and incorrectly contains 245 names of soldiers who have not died in the Korean war.

"Memorial missed name"

An example is a man who died in a motorcycle accident in Hawaii.

Another former soldier with his name on the wall actually died after he had drunk frost protection and confused it with alcohol.

The monument to fallen troops also includes a marine soldier who lived 60 years after the war.

is even more outrageous that the monument leaves the names of around 500 Americans whose life were challenged by the war, according to the Barker brothers.

The commemorative wall was built by the Korean War Veterans Memorial Foundation to honor the victims of the largely forgotten conflict, which cost more than a million people.

It was largely financed by the South Korean government.

The names on it were provided by the US Department of Defense.

In einer Erklärung gegenüber der New York Times räumte die Abteilung ein, dass es Fehler bei den Namen gab, sagte jedoch, dass das Erstellen einer genauen Liste „herausfordernd“ sei.