But many others were poor or working-class teenagers who enlisted or were drafted into the military right out of high school. Life was a mixed bag for the US.
Vietnam Memorial Shifting The Balance
The roll contains information from the Service records of more than 60000 military members who served during the Vietnam War.
Vietnam war names of soldiers. Soldiers fighting in the Vietnam War. Vietnam War 1961-1975 Branch. American military personnel who served in the Vietnam War 1955-1975.
The Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans was prepared by the Department of Veterans Affairs DVA. National Archives Reference Information Page 90 A Finding Aid to Records Relating to American Prisoners of War and Missing in Action from the Vietnam War Era 1960-1994. Vietnam War 195475 conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam the Viet Cong against South Vietnam and its principal ally the United States.
From the Library of Congress National Cemeteries and Beneficiaries. A large proportion of the US. Vietnam War Casualties 1955-1975 America paid a terrible price for its involvement in the Vietnam War - nearly 60000 killed-in-action over 150000 wounded and some 1600 missing.
The American Soldier in VietnamMore than 25 million American men served in Vietnam during the war. The last 18 names listed on the bottom of. Military Casualties Missing in Action and Prisoners of War from the Era of the Vietnam War are available through the National Archives.
World War 1939-1945 Branch. These alphabetical indexes are for your convenience but do not represent the order of names on the Wall. Vietnam BEENS LYNN RICHARD O3 19721221 19730329 USN N.
Others list Gary L. The Vietnam War was a long drawn-out and pretty terrible war for everyone involved particularly the Vietnamese civilians who were on the receiving end of much of the violence. Troops consisted of African American men from the inner cities the sons of immigrants.
Name rank and unit information are from New Zealand military pay records. Use the Vietnam List to search for New Zealanders who served in the Republic of Vietnam 19631975. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable.
Phuoc Vinh Vietnam Theme. Includes Vietnam War dead missing and prisoners of war Vietnam War POWMIA List from the Department of Defense Vietnam-Era Prisoner of WarMissing in Action Database. Binh Duong Province Vietnam.
The names of those who gave their lives and of those who remain missing are inscribed in the order they were taken from us. Air Force Technical Sergeant. Paul William Bucha War.
Some of these men were career military officers. He was not killed in action but murdered by another US. Vietnam BELL JAMES FRANKLIN O4 19651016 19730212 CIVILIAN S.
Airman and later died of his wounds on 8 June 1956. Browse by Last Name Veterans History Project Library of Congress. US Prisoners of War who returned alive from the Vietnam War Sorted by Name Military Service Country of Incident Name Date of Incident Date of Rank Return USAF N.
It was part of a larger regional conflict as well as a manifestation of the Cold War. Memorial pages honoring Vietnam War casualties listed by their last names. Forces suffered their first hostile casualties.
Heres what they experienced. Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States military people of the Vietnam War. Fitzgibbon Jr a US.
Records of US. Vietnam BENGE MICHAEL 19680128 19730305. In honor of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States who served in the Vietnam War.
Has the names listed in chronological order by date of loss. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC. The last American soldier killed in the Vietnam War was Kelton Rena Turner an 18-year old Marine.
Vietnam War Casualties MIA and POWs. In PDF format sorted alphabetically by last name of casualty American Samoa Guam Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Canal Zone Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota. He was killed in action on May 15 1975 two weeks after the evacuation of Saigon in what became known as the Mayaguez incident.
The first American soldier died in the Vietnam War was Richard B. The Vietnam List is an updated version of New Zealands original Vietnam nominal roll the Flinkenberg List compiled by Captain Con Flinkenberg in 1972. United States Casualties of the Vietnam War 1956-1998 from FamilySearch.
Australian military history overview. On October 22 1957 the US.