2007-08-01 00:30:11 · 3 answers · asked by cptmurf 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
US involvement in the Vietnam War ended in 1975. Since one could (and can) join the Army at age 17, a veteran who was 17 in 1975 would only be 49 years old now.
Of course, most Vietnam Veterans are older than that. If someone had already been in the service for 20 years when our involvement started in 1954, he'd have been almost 40 then. That'd make him about 93 now and probably no longer with us.
That gives us a range of Vietnam Veteran ages of 49-93+
There are still a few WWI veterans living, plenty of WWII and Korean War veterans, and way more than a few Vietnam Veterans still with us.
There is no master list of veterans anywhere that would allow us to count for exact numbers and where they are today. The US Census tells us that there are 26.4 million living veterans and that about 30% are veterans of Vietnam while 20% are veterans of WWII.
That means, the bottom line answer to your question is that there are about 7.92 million Vietnam Veterans living in the United States. Not all of these would have seen combat, possibly as many as half this number.
2007-08-01 05:00:48 · answer #1 · answered by CoachT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slow down dude, we are not yet finished burying a lot of WWII vets, and Korean vets are still very much a part of the landscape, too.
Let's wait a bit, say twenty years, before we start realizing that Nam vets are thinning out.
2007-08-01 01:06:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not sure, it is a large age group. If a person was drafted at the begining, that person would be in his sixties. That is not couting those that were all ready in the military. Interesting question.
2007-08-01 00:45:46 · answer #3 · answered by bootsontheroad 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋