Service in geographical theater areas of Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, or Cambodia from 4 July 1965 through 28 March 1973 and the evacuation of Saigon (USN, USMC, and USAF) from 29–30 April 1975.
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Section 2001 of the Act amended 38 U.S.C. 101(29)(A) by revising the definition of Vietnam era to
“[t]he period beginning November 1, 1955, and ending on May 7, 1975, in the case of a veteran who served in the Republic of Vietnam during that period.”
VA amends 38 CFR 3.2 to incorporate this change.
That means he was born in 1951 or 52. No later.
Unless what you are saying is that a Vietnam veteran in general could be born as late as 1958. Technically correct but highly unlikely.