The average age of the 58148 soldiers who were killed in Vietnam was 23.11 years, say 24. Where’d you get your 18 from? Put the beer down and fly right.
Couldn’t be “18”. The enlistment/draft age was “18”. Most Lieutenants would be at least 21-23, minimum, and we lost a lot of them. The higher the rank, the older the soldier.
Don’t believe everything you read about Vietnam because about 50% of it is wrong to start with.
Been there.
STOLEN VALOR by BG Burkett states ...average age of U.S. Military in Vietnam War was 22.8 years old. But I won’t quibble with your figure. But the average age certainly wasn’t 18/19 as some here contend. More 20 year olds were KIA than any other age.
Most Americans still believe it a war fought by conscripts, when in fact, 66% of those of us who served were volunteers. Not sure how we change the perception...
From the book written by Chuck Dean:
Nam Vet making peace with your past
Did not research any of it just half way through it.
Chuck was with 173 airborne