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Interesting (or sad) facts about the Vietnam Memorial Wall
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:18 pm
Just got this in an email, I assume it's true...
* There are three sets of fathers and sons on the Wall.
* 39,996 on the Wall were just 22 or younger.
* 8,283 were just 19 years old.
* 33,103 were 18 years old.
* 12 soldiers on the Wall were 17 years old.
* 5 soldiers on the Wall were 16 years old.
* One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock was 15 years old.
* 997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam ..
* 1,448 soldiers were killed on (what was supposed to be) their last day in Vietnam before going home
* 31 sets of brothers are on the Wall.
* 8 Women are on the Wall, Nursing the wounded
* 54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia.
May God Bless em all.
* There are three sets of fathers and sons on the Wall.
* 39,996 on the Wall were just 22 or younger.
* 8,283 were just 19 years old.
* 33,103 were 18 years old.
* 12 soldiers on the Wall were 17 years old.
* 5 soldiers on the Wall were 16 years old.
* One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock was 15 years old.
* 997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam ..
* 1,448 soldiers were killed on (what was supposed to be) their last day in Vietnam before going home
* 31 sets of brothers are on the Wall.
* 8 Women are on the Wall, Nursing the wounded
* 54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia.
May God Bless em all.
This post was edited on 4/21/17 at 12:21 pm
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Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:19 pm to The Mick
quote:
1,448 soldiers were killed on their last day in Vietnam .
makes sense
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:19 pm to The Mick
quote:
1,448 soldiers were killed on their last day in Vietnam
Worded strangely.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:20 pm to 777Tiger
quote:
makes sense
I didn't catch that... I guess technically they all died on their last day there
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:22 pm to The Mick
If you add the 18 year olds and 19 year olds its higher than the total under 22
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:22 pm to The Mick
quote:
. I guess technically they all died on their last day there
I knew what they meant, and I'm not making light of their sacrifice, it was a big fat fastball that I couldn't hold off of
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:23 pm to The Mick
There is at least some data there that appears contradictory. For instance, the sum of 18 plus 19 year olds is larger than the total cited as being 22 or younger.
Still interesting.
ETA: ParkMTN beat me to it.
Still interesting.
ETA: ParkMTN beat me to it.
This post was edited on 4/21/17 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:23 pm to The Mick
how was a 15 year old there? i know younger guys got thru in ww2 by lying about their age but that wasnt fixed in the 60s/70s?
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:23 pm to The Mick
What a waste of lives that war was, and the disrespect our veterans received when they returned was shameful.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:25 pm to LSUMJ
quote:
how was a 15 year old there? i know younger guys got thru in ww2 by lying about their age but that wasnt fixed in the 60s/70s?
yep, I have a couple of friends that did that, they needed bodies and it's not like people were banging on recruiter's doors trying to get involved in that war, the guys I know that did it joined the Marines
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:25 pm to ParkMTN
quote:So the 39k stat isn't wrong, amirite?
If you add the 18 year olds and 19 year olds its higher than the total under 22
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:28 pm to OldHickory
quote:
the disrespect our veterans received when they returned was shameful.
yep, but the bending over backwards to overcompensate with this generation's
vets has gotten to be a bit much, every REMF that put on a set of fatigues and never left the states is not Audie Murphy
ETA: * 54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia.
probably lots of examples of this, when Trey Prather was KIA, half of his Woodlawn HS teammates dropped what they were doing and enlisted to go and exact revenge, I believe they all came back, physically, but I know a few of those guys, and it really screwed some of them up for life
This post was edited on 4/21/17 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:40 pm to The Mick
quote:
* 39,996 on the Wall were just 22 or younger.
My uncle Keith was 20 years old. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:43 pm to The Mick
quote:the average age in a war cemetery is 21
* 39,996 on the Wall were just 22 or younger
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:46 pm to Kafka
quote:Having a son close to this age really puts it in perspective. So terribly sad.
the average age in a war cemetery is 21
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:49 pm to The Mick
Where did you get this info?
These two seem suspect:
These two seem suspect:
quote:
* 997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam ..
* 1,448 soldiers were killed on (what was supposed to be) their last day in Vietnam before going home
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:50 pm to BowlJackson
quote:
My uncle Keith was 20 years old. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:51 pm to TigerDeacon
quote:basically a chain email from my dad. I didn't verify any of the stats.
Where did you get this info?
Posted on 4/21/17 at 12:57 pm to Kafka
quote:
the average age in a war cemetery is 21
started to post this yesterday in the most emotional thing you've witnessed thread, I went to the Christening of a US Navy ship that was named after the cousin of a good friend, the ship was named after a Marine Sgt. killed in the VN war that was posthumously awarded the MoH, very emotional day, he was killed a couple of months shy of his 21st birthday
Posted on 4/21/17 at 1:00 pm to The Mick
quote:
* 8,283 were just 19 years old
My uncle was killed the day before his 20th bday
3/1 Kilo Co, USMC, An Hoa
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