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Louisiana fatal casualties of the Vietnam War
Posted on 2/2/15 at 11:53 pm
Posted on 2/2/15 at 11:53 pm
I did not realize there were so many people here who gave their lives in Vietnam. There were 6 from my small rural parish I grew up in. 
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This post was edited on 2/3/15 at 12:00 am
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Posted on 2/2/15 at 11:55 pm to ctiger69
So many young people
Posted on 2/2/15 at 11:57 pm to Walt OReilly
Yeah I noticed many of them were 20-21 years old.
Posted on 2/2/15 at 11:58 pm to ctiger69
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gave their lives
I hate this phrase. It implies that their deaths were for a noble cause.
Their lives weren't given, they were taken. And for no good reason.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:00 am to ctiger69
quote:the average age in a war cemetery is 21
Yeah I noticed many of them were 20-21 years old
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:01 am to Kafka
Did not know that
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:03 am to Walt OReilly
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Did not know that
It's not true either.
Maybe some small Civil war ones.
Arlington for example, the average age is 65.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:04 am to KosmoCramer
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Posted by KosmoCramer quote: Did not know that It's not true either. Maybe some small Civil war ones. Arlington for example, the average age is 65.
What about the cemetary in Normandy?
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:05 am to KosmoCramer
quote:that's not a war cemetery
Arlington for example, the average age is 65
people live until they're 90 then get buried there
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:06 am to magildachunks
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What about the cemetary in Normandy?
23-24 depending on where you look.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 12:20 am to ctiger69
If you haven't watched it yet, Vietnam in HD is on Netflix. Easily the best doc series I've seen on any war in recent history.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 4:45 am to ctiger69
Posted on 2/3/15 at 5:11 am to ctiger69
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Yeah I noticed many of them were 20-21 years old.
This is sad. The real dam shame is the guys that can home and didn't know they were dying from Agent Orange. My brother died from it at 40 years old.
Oh, all those that did die from agent orange, were NOT put on that list of casualties. 
Posted on 2/3/15 at 5:39 am to magildachunks
frick off.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 7:36 am to Walt OReilly
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So many young people
17 from my home town. One my best friend, many others good friends.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 7:48 am to ctiger69
The guy I'm named after didn't make it back. He fought beside dad. Luckily pops made it back.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 7:58 am to Walt OReilly
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So many young people
I saw one kid who died a week past his 19th birthday. That's the same age as my son.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:03 am to fishfighter
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This is sad. The real dam shame is the guys that can home and didn't know they were dying from Agent Orange. My brother died from it at 40 years old.
The same thing happened to my wife's cousin.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:05 am to MrSmith
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If you haven't watched it yet, Vietnam in HD is on Netflix. Easily the best doc series I've seen on any war in recent history
Watched entire series on MLK holiday.
However. What shocked me was a visit to The Korean War Memorial in DC. No shite it's the forgotten war. We lost over 30,000 soldiers there.
Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:07 am to ctiger69
Damn i didn't realize there were that many from Terrebonne parish. I also noticed that a few of them are the same names as people i know. Wondering if some of them had younger siblings named after them... very sad and sobering list to sift through.
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