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This bill aims to authorize the inclusion of 74 crew members from the USS Frank E. Evans who were killed on June 3, 1969, on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. The Secretary of Defense is required to complete this addition within one year of the bill's enactment and must consult with the Secretary of the Interior, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, and other relevant authorities to address potential space limitations on the memorial wall. The bill specifically exempts these actions from the Commemorative Works Act, which typically governs the creation and modification of memorials in the nation's capital. The USS Frank E. Evans was a U.S. Navy destroyer that was tragically sunk during the Vietnam War, and this legislation seeks to honor the memory of those sailors by ensuring their names are permanently memorialized alongside other Vietnam War veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice.

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