The other seals have not been touched since the Memorial was built.
 
 

And from the other services, comes this.

USNA classmates, 
The following letter comes from West Point class of '59.  I was never a Marine but thank God  for the USMC and their spirit.  Does anyone have some Brasso for the Navy Seal? 
Larry 

Dear Classmates, 
Were I still in the Wasington, DC area, I would like to take along a  can of Brasso (or whatever else would be required to do the job) and shine  the Army Seal at the base of the flagpole at the Vietnam War Memorial (The Wall) in order that at least the word "NEVER" could be omitted from the  following email message I received last week: 

"Here is a little known fact.  At the Vietnam War Memorial (The  Wall)  sets a flag pole and at it's base are the seals of all the services:  Army,  Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard.  Every day throughout the entire  year a group from Marine Barracks, Eight & I, Washington, D. C. march to the flag and polish the Marine Corps Emblem.  The other services have NEVER  touched theirs." 

A lot of good Marines lost their lives in Vietnam.  So did a lot of  the Army's GIs, our classmates among them.  Congratulations to the Marines for honoring their dead comrades in this way.  I am sure that the symbolism 
of their ongoing respect is not lost on the visiting public, nor is the added  respect their faithful actions have given their dead by default. 

Dick Jasper, E-2 '59