I think he is abusing the “Vietname ERA vet” label.
I am an era vet. I joined in 1970, never went to Vietnam, but my paperwork from the VA calls me an era vet.
I am meticulous in pointing out what that means. I would consider myself a false valor thief to claim I was a Viet vet.
I am also an era vet of the Persian Gulf war, and I was on the ground in the Panama invasion and in the Persian Gulf tanker conflict in 1987-89 with Iran.
A lot of stolen valor idiots out themselves when they draw too much publicity, and then get closer examination.
From Wikipedia....
With the end of active U.S. ground participation in Vietnam, December 1972 saw the last men conscripted, who were born in 1952[71] and who reported for duty in June 1973. On February 2, 1972, a drawing was held to determine draft priority numbers for men born in 1953, but in early 1973 it was announced by Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird that no further draft orders would be issued.[72][73] In March 1973, 1974, and 1975, the Selective Service assigned draft priority numbers for all men born in 1954, 1955, and 1956, in case the draft was extended, but it never was.[74]
Command Sergeant Major Jeff Mellinger, believed to be the last drafted enlisted ranked soldier still on active duty, retired in 2011.[75][76] Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ralph E. Rigby, the last Vietnam War-era drafted soldier of Warrant Officer rank, retired from the army on November 10, 2014 after a 42-year career.[77]