Well i know for a fact that it is made out of black marble with 58,000 names on it ranging from KIA to MIA. My enitioal reaction as i waked up to it was " wow all these brave men fought for what they believed was right. they knew the cost of it yet still did it." it creates a atmosphere of sadness because thinking of all those men who sacrificed them self in the name of freedom and they left ther family's behind. i think the design is exilant because u can see every name