Please read this today no matter what country you live in

[MichaelS]

Worth the read. Very Interesting Vietnam Wall Facts

A little history most people will never know. Interesting Veterans Statistics off the Vietnam Memorial Wall

There are 58,267 names now listed on that polished black wall, including those added in 2010.

The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by date and within each date the names are alphabetized. It is hard to believe it is 61 years since the first casualty.

The first known casualty was Richard B. Fitzgibbon, of North Weymouth , Mass. Listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as having been killed on June 8, 1956. His name is listed on the Wall with that of his son, Marine Corps LCpl Richard B. Fitzgibbon III, who was killed on Sept. 7, 1965.

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.

The largest age group, 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 their last day in Vietnam .

31 sets of brothers are on the Wall.

Thirty one sets of parents lost two of their sons.

54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia . I wonder why so many from that one school

8 Women are on the Wall, Nursing the wounded.

244 soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War; 153 of them are on the Wall

Beallsville , Ohio with a population of 475 lost 6 of her sons

West Virginia had the highest casualty rate per capita in the nation. There are 711 West Virginians on the Wall.

The Marines of Morenci, AZ - They led some of the scrappiest high school football and basketball teams that the little Arizona copper town of Morenci (pop 5,058) had ever known and cheered. They enjoyed roaring beer busts. In quieter moments, they rode horses along the Coronado Trail, stalked deer in the Apache National Forest . And in the patriotic camaraderie typical of Morenci's mining families, the nine graduates of Morenci High enlisted as a group in the Marine Corps. Their service began on Independence Day, 1966. Only 3 returned home.

The Buddies of Midvale, UT - LeRoy Tafoya, Jimmy Martinez, Tom Gonzales were all boyhood friends and lived on three consecutive streets in Midvale, Utah on Fifth, Sixth and Seventh avenues. They lived only a few yards apart. They played ball at the adjacent sandlot ball field. And they all went to Vietnam . In a span of 16 dark days in late 1967, all three would be killed. LeRoy was killed on Wednesday, Nov. 22, the fourth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Jimmy died less than 24 hours later on Thanksgiving Day. Tom was shot dead assaulting the enemy on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

The most casualty deaths for a single day was on January 31, 1968 ~ 245 deaths.

The most casualty deaths for a single month was May 1968 - 2,415 casualties were incurred.

For most Americans who read this they will only see the numbers that the Vietnam War created. To those of us who survived the war, and to the families of those who did not, we see the faces, we feel the pain that these numbers created. We are, until we too pass away, haunted with these numbers, because they were our friends, fathers, Husbands, wives, sons and daughters There are no noble wars, just noble warriors.

Please pass this on to those who served during this time, and those who DO Care.

I've also sent this to those that I KNOW do care very much, and I thank you for caring as you do.

[OgdenBob]

Michael.
Thank you for posting this. I am sure there's a story for every name on that wall, but most of them we will never know. I served aboard a carrier and made one westpac deployment, we were in the war zone, but I have always had a healthy respect for those who experienced the war up close, especially the ones who never made it home. These are very moving statistics.


Bob

[Vinalssergio155]

It was, is and will continue to be like that, only cold numbers, no matter the stories that each one of those numbers has, anywhere in the world, for the "powerful leaders" who initiate these madnesses are just numbers. "How much will it cost us to take that hill? 100? 500? is acceptable, victory is what matters "and multiply those numbers for each of the families that are destroyed for life. This is very sad. My respect for all and I regret the pain that passed and that will follow them always.

[MichaelS]

Even when I was young I never really understood war. I enlisted in the US Army just because I wanted to fly. I was airplane crazy from the time I was 6 or 7.

In my life I have flown over many borders. I have never once seen a dotted line on the ground! There is no "borderv between what we call Texas and Mexico. Only a river. There was no dotted line between S. Vietnam and Laos. Nothing between what was East Germany and West Germany. All these borders are just made up by governments so they can keep everyone scared and controllable. Just a bunch of little boys playing with ungodly powerful toys.

Sorry. Sometimes I forget this is just a paper modelers forum.

[herky]

Originally Posted by MichaelS

Worth the read. Very Interesting Vietnam Wall Facts

A little history most people will never know. Interesting Veterans Statistics off the Vietnam Memorial Wall

There are 58,267 names now listed on that polished black wall, including those added in 2010.

The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by date and within each date the names are alphabetized. It is hard to believe it is 61 years since the first casualty.

The first known casualty was Richard B. Fitzgibbon, of North Weymouth , Mass. Listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as having been killed on June 8, 1956. His name is listed on the Wall with that of his son, Marine Corps LCpl Richard B. Fitzgibbon III, who was killed on Sept. 7, 1965.

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.

The largest age group, 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 their last day in Vietnam .

31 sets of brothers are on the Wall.

Thirty one sets of parents lost two of their sons.

54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia . I wonder why so many from that one school

8 Women are on the Wall, Nursing the wounded.

244 soldiers were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War; 153 of them are on the Wall

Beallsville , Ohio with a population of 475 lost 6 of her sons

West Virginia had the highest casualty rate per capita in the nation. There are 711 West Virginians on the Wall.

The Marines of Morenci, AZ - They led some of the scrappiest high school football and basketball teams that the little Arizona copper town of Morenci (pop 5,058) had ever known and cheered. They enjoyed roaring beer busts. In quieter moments, they rode horses along the Coronado Trail, stalked deer in the Apache National Forest . And in the patriotic camaraderie typical of Morenci's mining families, the nine graduates of Morenci High enlisted as a group in the Marine Corps. Their service began on Independence Day, 1966. Only 3 returned home.

The Buddies of Midvale, UT - LeRoy Tafoya, Jimmy Martinez, Tom Gonzales were all boyhood friends and lived on three consecutive streets in Midvale, Utah on Fifth, Sixth and Seventh avenues. They lived only a few yards apart. They played ball at the adjacent sandlot ball field. And they all went to Vietnam . In a span of 16 dark days in late 1967, all three would be killed. LeRoy was killed on Wednesday, Nov. 22, the fourth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Jimmy died less than 24 hours later on Thanksgiving Day. Tom was shot dead assaulting the enemy on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

The most casualty deaths for a single day was on January 31, 1968 ~ 245 deaths.

The most casualty deaths for a single month was May 1968 - 2,415 casualties were incurred.

For most Americans who read this they will only see the numbers that the Vietnam War created. To those of us who survived the war, and to the families of those who did not, we see the faces, we feel the pain that these numbers created. We are, until we too pass away, haunted with these numbers, because they were our friends, fathers, Husbands, wives, sons and daughters There are no noble wars, just noble warriors.

Please pass this on to those who served during this time, and those who DO Care.

I've also sent this to those that I KNOW do care very much, and I thank you for caring as you do.

living in this neck of the woods this is relevant to aussies and kiwis also thanks for the information

[william macrobert]

May 4th 1967-July 4th 1969. I was one of the luck ones in that I came home. Thankyou
R.W.Mayhew

[gotham]

Sobering post Michael.

[Asdera]

Michael ,
Politicians are those who initiate wars in association with certain industrialists who only see their profits.

Families where the men, fathers, sons and brothers are taken just to enforce their interests, nobody interresses.

It does not matter if it's East, West, Africa or Asia.

Also of German soil war has gone out and NO has learned.

I never met my grandfather and some relatives.

Politicians and industrialists are the fewest victims of the war.

EVERY WAR IS A CRIME AND SERVES (E) ONLY A FEWER TO BRING !! ASDERA

[MichaelS]

Originally Posted by william macrobert

May 4th 1967-July 4th 1969. I was one of the luck ones in that I came home. Thankyou
R.W.Mayhew

Welcome home my friend.

CW2 Michael Stanley
Dec. 23, 1969 - Dec. 20, 1970

W a r l o r d s, B Co 123rd Avn Bn, Aero Scout, Warlord

[Tom Lapinski]

Thank you. WE WILL REMEMBER!