![]() Many others joined the reserves or National Guard, which were not mobilized in any appreciable numbers during the war. ![]() Others, later in the war, were simply ineligible because of high lottery number. The vast majority of Americans who were eligible by age but did not serve in the armed forces were exempted by reason of physical, mental, psychiatric, or moral failure or they were given status deferments because they were college students, fathers, clergy, teachers, engineers or conscientious objectors. ![]() From 1964 to 1973, 2,100,000 men and women served in Vietnam, but this was only 8 percent of the 26,000,000 Americans who were eligible for military service. Who were they?Ī new Department of Defense (DOD) database computer tape released through the National Archives allows researchers to take a much closer look at our 58,152 Vietnam casualties. How many Smiths can there possibly be who died in Vietnam? There were 667 How many Andersons?, 178 Garcias?, 102 Murphys?, 82 Jenkins?, 66 One wants to know more about these Americans. ![]() As one walks the Wall slowly, examining the ineffably American names, one is struck by the same recurring surnames. The names are listed chronologically by date of death, the first to last. The shining surface is intended to reflect the sun, the ground and those who stand before it. The slabs meet at a vertex of 125 degrees, 10 feet above ground level to form the Wall. The 58,152 names of those who died in Vietnam are etched onto the two rising black marble slabs of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. ![]() Inscription at the beginning of The Wall. The names of those who gave their lives and of those who remain missing are inscribed in the order they were taken from us. …’In honor of the men and women of the Armed Forces of the United States who served in the Vietnam War. Names On The Wall: A Closer Look At Those Who Died In Vietnam Close ![]()
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