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A Vietnam veteran is an individual who performed active ... According to official statistics, 501 personnel died or went missing in action during the Vietnam ...
Deaths in Vietnam War (1954–75) per R. J. Rummel (except where otherwise noted) [8] Low estimate of deaths Middle estimate of deaths High estimate of deaths Notes and comments North Vietnam/Viet Cong military and civilian war dead 533,000: 1,062,000: 1,489,000: includes an estimated 50,000/65,000/70,000 civilians killed by U.S/SVN bombing ...
Members of the United States armed forces were held as prisoners of war (POWs) in significant numbers during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1973. Unlike U.S. service members captured in World War II and the Korean War, who were mostly enlisted troops, the overwhelming majority of Vietnam-era POWs were officers, most of them Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps airmen; a relatively small number of ...
In 1973, the United States listed 2,646 Americans as unaccounted for from the entire Vietnam War. By October 2022, 1,582 Americans remained unaccounted for, of which 1,004 were classified as further pursuit, 488 as non-recoverable and 90 as deferred.
If you’re a Vietnam War veteran or the family of one, the state recently established a Vietnam Veteran Recognition Certificate that’s signed by Gov. Whitmer and Gen. Paul D. Rogers, director ...
The combination of the public's willingness to talk about the Vietnam War and the basic issues that it raised, as well as the veterans themselves coming forward, was augmented by the nation's dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in November 1982. The week-long activities rekindled a sense of brotherhood among the veterans and a feeling ...
Charlie Health outlines some of the most alarming veteran mental health statistics, ... among non-veterans for the first time since the Vietnam War. 7. The veteran suicide rate is 1.5 times higher ...
A Vietnam War veteran's identity and future in the U.S. changed in an instant when he applied for a passport and was told he'd never been an American citizen after all. "I feel like my heart's ...