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This document is a government drawing for a Memorial Wall Marker. It provides detailed specifications and requirements for the design, materials, inscriptions, and construction of blank marble and granite memorial wall markers used by the Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration.

The key details include the requirements for the marker dimensions, finish, rounding, deflection, inscriptions, and placement of emblems. It also includes general notes about the use of small capital letters, application of lithichrome, and limits on character sizes and line lengths. This drawing supersedes a previous revision and is applicable for both marble and granite memorial wall markers.

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Approved: Director, Memorial Programs Service

Approved: Chief of Operations, Memorial Programs Service

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GOVERNMENT HEADSTONES

AND MARKERS

MEMORIAL WALL MARKER

KEE

AUGUST 20, 2019

DateRevisions

ApprovedCheckedDrawn

AE Contractor

CSJ CSJIRN

PLANATE MANAGEMENT GROUP

3631 Ransom Place, Alexandria, VA 22306

Description

7/2/13A

ADDS THIRD SHEET FOR BLANK MARKER,

REARRANGE SHEET NUMBER ORDER, UPDATED

DIMENSIONS/FINISHES/DEFLECTION

8/20/2019B

SUPERSEDES REVISION A DATED 7/2/13. ADD

TOLERANCE TO CENTERED INSCRIPTION LAYOUT

GENERAL NOTES: FOR MARBLE AND GRANITE MEMORIAL WALL MARKERS

1. SMALL CAPITAL LETTERS WILL BE USED FOR ANY LETTER IN THE

INSCRIPTION SHOWN IN LOWER CASE.

2. APPLY BLACK LITHICHROME TO ALL INSCRIBED AREAS IN GRANITE.

UNLESS INSTRUCTED OTHERWISE, DO NOT APPLY LITHICHROME TO

INSCRIPTIONS IN MARBLE.

3. CHARACTERS SMALLER THAN L-5 ARE NOT AUTHORIZED.

4. INSCRIBED LINES MUST BE HORIZONTALLY CENTERED WITH A

TOLERANCE OF LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 3/16" FROM CENTERLINE OF

MARKER.

5. WHEN TWO EMBLEMS OF BELIEF ARE REQUIRED, THE VETERAN'S

EMBLEM IS PLACED ON THE LEFT AND DEPENDENT EMBLEMS TO THE

RIGHT.

6. PROVIDE SMOOTH 1/8" ROUNDED EDGES ALONG BOTH FRONT AND

BACKSIDES. ROUNDING MUST BE CONSISTENT.

7. PROVIDE CONSISTENT, HONED, 80 GRIT FINISH ON ALL SIX SIDES.

8. DEFLECTION FROM TRUE PLANE MUST BE LESS THAN 1/32".

9. DO NOT INSCRIBE WITHIN 1/2" MARGIN FROM EITHER SIDES OR TOP.

10.EMBLEMS MUST BE TWO (2) INCHES FROM LARGEST POINT TO POINT

MEASUREMENT INCLUSIVE OF ANY SURROUNDING CIRCLES.

A-MW-1.DWG 24" x 36" SHEET

A1 (MARBLE)

C1 (GRANITE)

11. TOLERANCE FOR LENGTH, WIDTH, AND THICKNESS IS +/- 1/32".

12. SURNAME LINE WITH 5/8" (L7) INSCRIPTIONS IS GENERALLY LIMITED

TO NOT MORE THAN 15 CHARACTERS AND SPACES.

13. LINES WITH 7/16" (L5) INSCRIPTIONS ARE GENERALLY LIMITED TO NOT

MORE THAN 25 CHARACTERS AND SPACES.

BLANK MEMORIAL WALL MARKER

11 1/4"

PROFILE

3/4"

SCALE: 12"=1'-0"

DO NOT SCALE THIS DRAWING

PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

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