Final answer:
Maya Lin won a national competition to design the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C. Her design was a V-shaped wall of granite with the names of soldiers inscribed in it.
Step-by-step explanation:
Maya Lin entered a national competition to design the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C. and won the competition! Her design was a V-shaped wall of granite, with the names of every soldier who was killed or still missing, inscribed in the wall. The wall sloped below ground level and became a model for new and unusual memorials and sculptures.