VENICE, L.A. – United States authorities in Los Angeles, California, have released a security camera image of a man suspected of defacing a Vietnam War memorial in the Venice area.

The damage to the memorial, located on a black wall along Pacific Avenue and adjacent to a Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus yard in the city’s Venice Beach section, was noticed by residents shortly before Memorial Day.

Painted by a Vietnam veteran in 1992, the mural includes the message “You Are Not Forgotten,” and features the names of 2,273 soldiers identified as either prisoners of war or missing in action in Vietnam.

According to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, investigators believe the man in the image is known by the moniker “NONER” and is connected to a tagging group in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The other vandals used the names “PHEB,” “SNAKE and “LITER,” the statement said.

Rewards totalling $30,000 have since been offered and the investigation continues.

– TiVi Tuan-san