Some of you may have already seen or read this;
Here are some interesting statistics about the Vietnam war and the 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 36 years since the last casualties.
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 Lance Cpl. 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 years 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 onthe Wall were 16 years old.
One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock was 15 years old.
997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam.
1448 soldiers were killed on their last day in Vietnam.
There are 31 sets of brothers on the Wall, 31 sets of parents lost two of their sons.
54 soldiers on the wall attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia.
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 their 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 - They led some of the scappiest high school football and basketball teams that the little Arizona copper town of Morenci (pop. 5058) had ever known and cheered. 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 - LeRoy Tafoya, Jimmy Martinez, and Tom Gonzales were all boyhood friends. they lived on three consecutive streets in midvale, Utah. On Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh avenues. They only lived a few yards apart. They all played ball together, and together they all went to Vietnam. In a span of 16 days in late 1967, all three would be killed. LeRoy was killed on Nov. 22nd; Jimmy died less than 24 hrs later on Thanksgiving day, and Tom was killed assaulting the enemy on Dec. 7th.
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 who survived the war, and to the families of those who did not; They see the faces, they feel the pain that these numbers created. They are, until they too pass away, are haunted with these numbers, because the numbers were friends, fathers, husbands, wives, sons, and daughters.
"There are no noble wars, just noble warriors".
Here are some interesting statistics about the Vietnam war and the 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 36 years since the last casualties.
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 Lance Cpl. 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 years 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 onthe Wall were 16 years old.
One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock was 15 years old.
997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam.
1448 soldiers were killed on their last day in Vietnam.
There are 31 sets of brothers on the Wall, 31 sets of parents lost two of their sons.
54 soldiers on the wall attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia.
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 their 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 - They led some of the scappiest high school football and basketball teams that the little Arizona copper town of Morenci (pop. 5058) had ever known and cheered. 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 - LeRoy Tafoya, Jimmy Martinez, and Tom Gonzales were all boyhood friends. they lived on three consecutive streets in midvale, Utah. On Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh avenues. They only lived a few yards apart. They all played ball together, and together they all went to Vietnam. In a span of 16 days in late 1967, all three would be killed. LeRoy was killed on Nov. 22nd; Jimmy died less than 24 hrs later on Thanksgiving day, and Tom was killed assaulting the enemy on Dec. 7th.
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 who survived the war, and to the families of those who did not; They see the faces, they feel the pain that these numbers created. They are, until they too pass away, are haunted with these numbers, because the numbers were friends, fathers, husbands, wives, sons, and daughters.
"There are no noble wars, just noble warriors".
