Topic came up at a meeting last night concerning Vietnam causalities from certain parts of my state SC.
I looked at the "WALL" via internet and came up with this list. I had no idea how many from my county that I personally knew.
FWIW
19 Veterans from Vietnam on the wall.
Ages from 41 to 19
Average age of the 19 at time of “Start Tour” or Combat was 24 years old.
Longest Time any were in Combat was 11 months, shortest time 1 month.
Average Time of Combat of the 19 was 5.7 months.
The 41 year old served in the 101 First Airborne for ten years prior to Vietnam, but re-enlisted for Vietnam , he was the one that made it for 11 months.
Youngest made it 1 month and 12 days.
These numbers come from their profile and are calculated from these notations. (1) START TOUR, (2) INCIDENT DATE, AND (3) CASUALTY DATE…….
There were others probably younger.. These, as I stated were from my county.
john