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Thread: Did you serve in Vietnam

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    Did you serve in Vietnam?? This provides some interesting statistics

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    SOBERING STATISTICS FOR THE VIETNAM WAR

    In case you haven't been paying attention these past few decades after you returned from Vietnam, the clock has been ticking. The following are some statistics that are at once depressing yet in a larger sense should give you a HUGE SENSE OF PRIDE.

    "Of the 2,709,918 Americans who served in Vietnam, less than 850,000 are estimated to be alive today, with the youngest American Vietnam veteran's age approximated to be 60 years old."

    So, if you're alive and reading this, how does it feel to be among the last 1/3rd of all the U.S. Vets who served in Vietnam? I don't know about you guys, but it kind of gives me the chills, considering this is the kind of information I'm used to reading about WWII and Korean War vets...

    So the last 14 years, we are dying too fast, only the few will survive by 2025...if any. If true, 390 VN vets die a day. So in 2,190 days...from today, lucky to be a Vietnam veteran alive... in only 6-10 years.

    These statistics were taken from a variety of sources to include: The VFW Magazine, the Public Information Office, and the HQ CP Forward Observer - 1st Recon April 12, 1997.

    STATISTICS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN UNIFORM AND IN COUNTRY VIETNAM VETERANS:

    9,087,000 military personnel served on active duty during the Vietnam Era (August 5, 1964 - May 7, 1975).

    8,744,000 GI's were on active duty during the War (August 5, 1964 - March 28, 1973).

    2,709,918 Americans served in Vietnam, this number represents 9.7% of their generation.

    3,403,100 (including 514,300 offshore) personnel served in the broader Southeast Asia Theater (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, flight crews based in Thailand, and sailors in adjacent South China Sea waters).

    2,594,000 personnel served within the borders of South Vietnam (January 1, 1965 - March 28, 1973). Another 50,000 men served in Vietnam between 1960 and 1964.

    Of the 2.6 million, between 1 - 1.6 million (40-60%) either fought in combat, provided close support, or were at least fairly regularly exposed to enemy attack.

    7,484 women (6,250 or 83.5% were nurses) served in Vietnam

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    Peak troop strength in Vietnam: 543,482 (April 30, 1968).


    Agent Orange is taking a huge toll on Vietnam Veterans with most deaths somehow related to Agent Orange exposure. No one officially dies of Agent Orange, they die from the exposure which causes ischemic Heart Disease and failure, Lung Cancer, Kidney failure, or COPD related disorders.

    CASUALTIES:

    The first man to die in Vietnam was James Davis, in 1958. He was with the 509th Radio Research Station. Davis Station in Saigon was named for him.


    Hostile deaths: 47,378

    Non-hostile deaths: 10,800

    Total: 58,202 (includes men formerly classified as MIA and Mayaguez casualties). Men who have subsequently died of wounds account for the changing total.

    8 nurses died -- 1 was KIA.

    61% of the men killed were 21 or younger.

    11,465 of those killed were younger than 20 years old.

    Of those killed, 17,539 were married.

    Average age of men killed: 23.1 years.

    Total Deaths: 23.11 years

    Enlisted: 50,274; 22.37 years

    Officers: 6,598; 28.43 years

    Warrants: 1,276; 24.73 years

    E1: 525; 20.34 years

    Five men killed in Vietnam were only 16 years old.

    The oldest man killed was 62 years old.

    Highest state death rate: West Virginia - 84.1% (national average 58.9% for every 100,000 males in 1970).

    Wounded: 303,704 -- 153,329 hospitalized + 150,375 injured requiring no hospital care.

    Severely disabled: 75,000, -- 23,214: 100% disabled; 5,283 lost limbs; 1,081 sustained multiple amputations.

    Amputation or crippling wounds to the lower extremities were 300% higher than in WWII and 70% higher than Korea.

    Multiple amputations occurred at the rate of 18.4% compared to 5.7% in WWII.

    Missing in Action: 2,338.


    POWs: 766 (114 died in captivity).

    As of January 15, 2014, there are 1,875 Americans still unaccounted for from the Vietnam War.

    DRAFTEES VS. VOLUNTEERS:

    25% (648,500) of total forces in country were draftees. (66% of U.S. armed forces members were drafted during WWII.)

    Draftees accounted for 30.4% (17,725) of combat deaths in Vietnam.

    Reservists killed: 5,977.

    National Guard: 6,140 served: 101 died.

    Total draftees (1965 - 73): 1,728,344.

    Actually served in Vietnam: 38% Marine Corps Draft: 42,633.

    Last man drafted: June 30, 1973.

    RACE AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND:

    88.4% of the men who actually served in Vietnam were Caucasian; 10.6% (275,000) were black; 1% belonged to other races.

    86.3% of the men who died in Vietnam were Caucasian (includes Hispanics);

    12.5% (7,241) were black; 1.2% belonged to other races.


    170,000 Hispanics served in Vietnam; 3,070 (5.2% of total) died there.

    70% of enlisted men killed were of Northwest European descent.

    86.8% of the men who were killed as a result of hostile action were Caucasian; 12.1% (5,711) were black; 1.1% belonged to other races.

    14.6% (1,530) of non-combat deaths were among blacks.

    34% of blacks who enlisted volunteered for the combat arms.

    Overall, blacks suffered 12.5% of the deaths in Vietnam at a time when the percentage of blacks of military age was 13.5% of the total population.

    Religion of Dead: Protestant – 64.4%; Catholic – 28.9%; other/none – 6.7%.

    SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS:

    Vietnam veterans have a lower unemployment rate than the same non-vet age groups.

    Vietnam veterans' personal income exceeds that of our non-veteran age group by more than 18%.

    76% of the men sent to Vietnam were from lower middle/working class backgrounds.

    Three-fourths had family incomes above the poverty level; 50% were from middle income backgrounds.

    Some 23% of Vietnam vets had fathers with professional, managerial, or technical occupations.

    79% of the men who served in Vietnam had a high school education or better when they entered the military service.

    63% of Korean War vets and only 45% of WWII vets had completed high school upon separation.

    Deaths by region per 100,000 of population: South – 31%, West – 29.9%; Midwest – 28.4%; Northeast – 23.5%.

    DRUG USAGE & CRIME:

    There is no difference in drug usage between Vietnam Veterans and non-Vietnam Veterans of the same age group. (Source: Veterans Administration Study.)

    Vietnam Veterans are less likely to be in prison – only one-half of one percent of Vietnam Veterans have been jailed for crimes.

    85% of Vietnam Veterans made successful transitions to civilian life.

    WINNING & LOSING:

    82% of veterans who saw heavy combat strongly believe the War was lost because of lack of political will.

    Nearly 75% of the public agrees it was a failure of political will, not of arms.

    HONORABLE SERVICE:

    97% of Vietnam-era veterans were honorably discharged.

    91% of actual Vietnam War veterans and 90% of those who saw heavy combat are proud to have served their country.

    74% say they would serve again, even knowing the outcome.

    87% of the public now holds Vietnam veterans in high esteem.

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    US Special Warfare "River Rats" 68*69 This unit arived in country in 1969 and was turned over to the Viet Navy. In those 3 years of operation we sufferer 5'550 KIA. We operated deep into IV Corps, the Mekong Delta, and places know one knew about

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    Sully, every time I look at the stats, it kicks me hard. I know that this is just one event in the history of war, but I was there and still suffering the results of being a boots on the ground soldier. Jim
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    Quote Originally Posted by desertclassic View Post
    Sully, every time I look at the stats, it kicks me hard. I know that this is just one event in the history of war, but I was there and still suffering the results of being a boots on the ground soldier. Jim
    I was Boots on the ground [66].......And i think the country is still suffering the results of that war....IE.. The lying presidents getting us into that mess, And the disrespect for the Military it brought on.. There wasn't one North Vietnamese who was going to come over here and blow up buildings , And if anyone still believes in the Domino-Theory, Or the Golf of Tonkin...They are still waiting for their Elio to be delivered...

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    No I didn't, I was born five years too late, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express.... I served from 1979-2009, but too late for Nam (a good thing I think).

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    Only in country for about two days. One air mission off the west coast. Tracked ballistic missile submarines during the cold war days.

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