And there are the Vietnam veterans, who come to recognize the sacrifice of their fellow warriors, wondering why their own names are not there, too. Only 5 to 10 percent of enlisted men in the combat units were estimated to have had some college, and less than 1 percent of these enlisted men were college graduates. Others think it is just another tourist stop until they feel the haunting power of this unique work of remembrance. It specified the geographic areas of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and surrounding coastal areas as combat zones. The Army as a branch had 134,982 killed or wounded (9.5 percent), but the Marines suffered 66,227 killed or wounded (22.5 percent) or almost one of every four Marines who served. Written requests should be mailed to: National Personnel Records Center, 9700 Page Ave., St. Louis, MO 63132-5100. Each entry includes a panel number and letter; "W" is for "west" or the left half of the memorial, "E" is for east, or the right half of the memorial. United States Vietnam War 1964 to 1972 FamilySearch As Vandegeer piloted his CH-53 helicopter toward the island, a wall of anti-aircraft fire knocked it from the sky, and it crashed toward the water with 26 men aboard. For weeks and weeks, a team worked through the list, verifying spellings and ensuring that the computer printout that was to be used for the stenciling was correct. All were nurses, all were single and all but one were in their 20s. Their sons, if not college material, made up a significant part of the volunteers and draftees. The remaining 70 percent of our Vietnam enlisted casualties were of English/Scottish/Welsh, German, Irish and Scandinavian-American ancestries, more from the South and Midwest than the other regions, many from small towns with a family military tradition. The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by date and within each date the names are alphabetized. Another browser may inform you that it does not know how to display the file Vandegeer was on a mission to rescue the crew of the SS Mayaguez, a merchant ship captured three days earlier off the coast of Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge. Protestants were 64.4 percent (37,483), Catholics were 28.9 percent (16,806). The affected record collections are described below. Of 2,590 total Air Force casualties, 1,674 or 65 percent were officers. Message & data rates may apply. The Vietnam Wall - vva310.org She wanted the names to tell the journey, or the timeline, of the war. Early in the war (1965 and 1966) when blacks made up about 11 percent of our Vietnam force, black casualties soared to more than 20 percent of the total.
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