Editing Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (section)

== Symbolism ==
The Tombs of the Unknown Soldiers typically contain the remains of a soldier who is unidentified (or "known but to God" as the stone is sometimes inscribed).<ref>{{cite book |last=Kwon |first=Heonik |title=Ghosts of War in Vietnam |url=https://archive.org/details/ghostswarvietnam00kwon |url-access=limited |year=2008 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-88061-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/ghostswarvietnam00kwon/page/n55 46]}}</ref> These remains are considered impossible to identify, and so serve as a symbol for all of a country's unknown dead wherever they fell in the war being remembered. The anonymity of the entombed soldier is the key symbolism of the monument; it could be the tomb of anyone who fell in service of the nation, and therefore serves as a monument symbolizing all of the sacrifices.