15 Great Facts About the Vietnam War

Below is a great list of Facts About the Vietnam War.

1) 9,087,870  Americans served during the official era in the Vietnam war between August 5 1964 and May 7 1975.

2) 2,709,918 American served in uniform in Vietnam.

3) 85% of returning Vietnam Veterans successfully adapted to civilian life .

4) Drug usage of Vietnam Veterans is the same as as people who are non Vietnam Veterans of the same age group.

5) 86% of Americans who died in Vietnam were Caucasians 1.2% were other races, 12.5% were black

6) Because of the Vietnam war south easy Asia did not become a communist hot spot the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand stayed free of communist conflict because of the Vietnam war.

7) During world war 2 infantryman in the south pacific saw on average 40 days of combat in 4 years. During the Vietnam war an infantryman saw 240 days of combat in 1 year.

8) 58,148 Americans were killed during Vietnam, 34,000 were wounded  out of 2.7 million who served.

9) 75,000 Vietnam Veterans were disabled.

10) 87% of Americans have a great deal of respect for Vietnam Veterans.

11) 240 men were awarded the metal of honor during the Vietnam war.

12) 5 men in Vietnam who were killed were only 16 year of age.

13) The oldest man killed in Vietnam was 62 years old.

14) As of January 2004, 1875 Americans are still unaccounted for in Vietnam.

15) 97% of Vietnam Veterans were honorably discharge, 91% of Vietnam Veterans were they are glad they served.

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