When the butterfly emerges, its proboscis is in two separate pieces that join together with tiny hooks and fringes. The butterfly has to curl and twist the two halves of its proboscis to create one drinking tube. All this work takes place before the butterfly even takes flight, and it doesn't end there.hen the butterfly emerges, its proboscis is in two separate pieces that join together with tiny hooks and fringes. The butterfly has to curl and twist the two halves of its proboscis to create one drinking tube. All this work takes place before the butterfly even takes flight, and it doesn't end there.
The ten names added this year met the DoD's criteria. These changes will bring the total number of names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to 58,282 men and women who were killed or remain missing in action. The following service members are now honored on The Wall: PFC Johnny Owen Brooks, U.S. Army.
No one to my knowledge has ever been able to calculate the number of names on the Vietnam Wall due to poor COMSEC, but all indications are that the number is considerable. Project touchdown: how we paid the price for lack of COMSEC in Vietnam