How many Nam Vets die per day is what???
Interesting Vietnam & other military statistical information
In case you haven't been paying attention these past few decades after you returned from Vietnam , the clock has been ticking.
The following are some statistics that are at once depressing yet in a larger sense should give you a huge sense of pride.
"Of the 2,709,918 Americans who served in Vietnam , Less than 850,000 are estimated to be alive today, with the youngest American Vietnam veteran's age approximated to be 54 years old." How does it feel to be among the last third of all the Vietnam Veterans who served in Vietnam to be alive?
I don't know about you guys, but it kind of gives me the chills.
Considering the kind of information available about the death rate of WWII and Korean War Veterans, publicized information indicates that in the last 14 years Vietnam veterans are dying at the rate of 390 deaths each day.
At this rate there will be only a few of us alive in 2015.
These statistics were taken from a variety of sources to include: The VFW Magazine, the Public Information Office, and the HQ CP Forward
Observer.
Great Lakes National Cemetary
Visited my Dad's (WW2 vet) gravesite there Memorial Day 2009; it is astounding how many Vietnam veterans are buried there now. A lot of them with birth years from 1946 to 1952.
I had an NBC course instructor that said we could never be sure that beyond combat deaths, how many of us that would serve in country would die before our contemporaries that never served in country. Talk about a prophecy that is coming true. His contention was that whatever chemicals and unknown diseases would do it to us.:(
Only thing that Scares Me 'bout dying ain't gonna be able too Fuc anymore
:evilgrin: Every day since I left that fucing Hell Hole has been a given I was told once that I'd never see 19!!! Any of You Horny Widows out there own any Real Estate?If so Hit this Handsome Bastard up :p :banana: