Presidential Documents

18601 

Federal Register 

Vol. 87, No. 62 

Thursday, March 31, 2022 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 10353 of March 28, 2022 

Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

On National Vietnam War Veterans Day, we honor all those who bravely 

served in the Vietnam War and who sacrificed, as did their families and 

caregivers, on behalf of our Nation. 

For almost two decades, Americans raised their right hands and committed 

to serve and defend our Constitution as uniformed members of the United 

States Armed Forces during a tumultuous period in our country’s history. 

Throughout the years of the Vietnam War, 9 million Americans earned 

the title of United States veteran. Today and every day, we honor their 

bravery and commitment and give thanks to a generation of Americans 

who valiantly fought in service of the country they love while recognizing 

the continuing impact on so many veterans of the Vietnam conflict, along 

with their families, caregivers, and survivors. We will always remember 

those we lost and honor those who came home. 

In 2012, our Nation launched a 13-year long commemoration of the 50th 

anniversary of the Vietnam War to ensure that every veteran, family, caregiver, and survivor impacted by the difficult years in Vietnam feels our 

Nation’s gratitude for their sacrifice. Every service member of the Vietnam 

generation should know that their sacrifices mattered and that their service 

made a difference. The names etched in The Wall at the Vietnam Veterans 

Memorial remind us of our loved ones who gave their all and never came 

home. To the families, caregivers, and survivors of the more than 58,000 

service members whose names are memorialized in the black granite, we 

pledge to never forget the eternal sacrifice of your loved ones and what 

you have sacrificed for the Nation. 

To the families of the over 1,500 service members who remain missing 

and unaccounted for, know that our Nation’s efforts to bring them home 

will never stop. 

We pledge our steadfast care and support to our Vietnam veterans, as we 

do for all of our veterans. We will honor our sacred obligation to you 

and your family. 

And to each of the 6 million Vietnam War era veterans who are with 

us today, we honor your service and all that you have done for our Nation. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States 

of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States, do hereby affirm this Nation’s commitment 

to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, which began 

on Memorial Day, May 28, 2012, and which will continue through Veterans 

Day, November 11, 2025. I call upon all Americans to seek out and extend 

the Nation’s profound gratitude to each of our Vietnam veterans and their 

families and caretakers during public ceremonies and programs throughout 

the country, while expressing deep compassion for the families of the fallen, 

those who remain missing and unaccounted for, and all others who served 

yet no longer walk among us. 


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18602 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 62 / Thursday, March 31, 2022 / Presidential Documents 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth 

day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-sixth. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06933 

Filed 3–30–22; 8:45 am] 

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