Unfortunately, with the single noteworthy exception of the cleaning of the 507th Maint's clock, most of the guys we've lost couldn't have been saved by better rifle skills. MOST of our KIAs are coming from improvised explosive devices (Vietnam jargon was 'command detonated mines').
It doesn't matter how expert you are with your weapon, if somebody lights off 1000 lb. of HE next to your head, you're trading it for a harp.
Of course... if your point is, the Army should train all its soldiers to shoot better, I agree, and so does Pete Schoomaker (the Chief of Staff of the Army). Now, we'll see how this shakes out in the long term, because every shooting war we make these every-man-a-rifleman (even if he's a girl) noises, and after every shooting war the rear area folks go back to getting forty rounds a year to qualify plus nine to zero... most years. Can Rummy and Schoo light enough of a fire under the bean counters that a pilot light stays burning? Well, we know they're gonna try.
d.o.l.
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