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05-14-2013, 05:52 PM
Viet Nam wall
The Wall Statistics
A little history most people will never know.
Interesting
Veterans Statistics off the Vietnam 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 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 on the Wall were 16
years old.
One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock
was 15 years old.
997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam ..
1,448 soldiers were killed on their
last day in Vietnam ..
31 sets of
brothers are on the Wall.
Thirty one sets of parents lost two of their sons.
54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia .
I wonder why so many from one
school.
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 her 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 scrappiest high school
football and basketball teams that the little Arizona copper town of
Morenci (pop. 5,058) had ever known and cheered. They enjoyed roaring
beer busts. In quieter moments, they rode horses along the Coronado
Trail, stalked deer in the ApacheNational Forest . And 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, Tom Gonzales were all
boyhood friends and lived on three consecutive streets in Midvale, Utah
on Fifth, Sixth and Seventh avenues. They lived only a few yards apart.
They played ball at the adjacent sandlot ball field.
And they all went to Vietnam . In a span of 16 dark days in late 1967,
all three would be killed. LeRoy was killed on Wednesday, Nov. 22, the
fourth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Jimmy died less
than 24 hours later on Thanksgiving Day. Tom was shot dead assaulting
the enemy on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
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 of us who survived the war, and to the families of
those who did not, we see the faces, we feel the pain that these numbers
created. We are, until we too pass away, haunted with these numbers,
because they were our friends, fathers, husbands, wives, sons and
daughters. There are no noble wars, just noble warriors.
Please
pass this on to those who served during this time, and those who DO
Care.
Do not regret growing older.
It's a privilege denied to many.
Unknown
SI VIS PACEM
--
Peace through Superior Fire Power!!!
The Wall Statistics
A little history most people will never know.
Interesting
Veterans Statistics off the Vietnam 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 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 on the Wall were 16
years old.
One soldier, PFC Dan Bullock
was 15 years old.
997 soldiers were killed on their first day in Vietnam ..
1,448 soldiers were killed on their
last day in Vietnam ..
31 sets of
brothers are on the Wall.
Thirty one sets of parents lost two of their sons.
54 soldiers attended Thomas Edison High School in Philadelphia .
I wonder why so many from one
school.
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 her 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 scrappiest high school
football and basketball teams that the little Arizona copper town of
Morenci (pop. 5,058) had ever known and cheered. They enjoyed roaring
beer busts. In quieter moments, they rode horses along the Coronado
Trail, stalked deer in the ApacheNational Forest . And 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, Tom Gonzales were all
boyhood friends and lived on three consecutive streets in Midvale, Utah
on Fifth, Sixth and Seventh avenues. They lived only a few yards apart.
They played ball at the adjacent sandlot ball field.
And they all went to Vietnam . In a span of 16 dark days in late 1967,
all three would be killed. LeRoy was killed on Wednesday, Nov. 22, the
fourth anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. Jimmy died less
than 24 hours later on Thanksgiving Day. Tom was shot dead assaulting
the enemy on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.
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 of us who survived the war, and to the families of
those who did not, we see the faces, we feel the pain that these numbers
created. We are, until we too pass away, haunted with these numbers,
because they were our friends, fathers, husbands, wives, sons and
daughters. There are no noble wars, just noble warriors.
Please
pass this on to those who served during this time, and those who DO
Care.
Do not regret growing older.
It's a privilege denied to many.
Unknown
SI VIS PACEM
--
Peace through Superior Fire Power!!!