Comments on: Names On The Wall: A Closer Look At Those Who Died In Vietnam http://www.historynet.com/names-on-the-wall-a-closer-look-at-those-who-died-in-vietnam.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:25:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: lil bird http://www.historynet.com/names-on-the-wall-a-closer-look-at-those-who-died-in-vietnam.htm#comment-1147732 lil bird Tue, 28 May 2013 16:12:59 +0000 #comment-1147732 im looking for records on my late grandfather, Lonney blue Bird who was a united states Marine and died in 2003.Please help!!!!!! im looking for records on my late grandfather, Lonney blue Bird who was a united states Marine and died in 2003.Please help!!!!!!

]]> By: Garion L. Hines (Gabe) http://www.historynet.com/names-on-the-wall-a-closer-look-at-those-who-died-in-vietnam.htm#comment-933538 Garion L. Hines (Gabe) Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:39:52 +0000 #comment-933538 I was in the Marines,I served with Marines who was drafted.Some lost their lives. You are absolutely correct,\ G.P.\ I served from 6/68 to 7/69 in Vietnam. I was in the Marines,I served with Marines who was drafted.Some lost their lives. You are absolutely correct,\ G.P.\ I served from 6/68 to 7/69 in Vietnam.

]]> By: mholguin http://www.historynet.com/names-on-the-wall-a-closer-look-at-those-who-died-in-vietnam.htm#comment-899557 mholguin Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:45:56 +0000 #comment-899557 I recall as a young man, I grew up in a small town in the southwest...the population was about 20,000, the town was made up of about 50% whites and the same for Hispanics... but while drafted and on the bus to boot-camp, the number of whites on that bus was maybe 5 white kids, and the rest was Mexican American, which was about 70 plus Mexican Americans and merely a hand full of whites..... so my math back then and my math now really tells me one thing....and out of that hand full on whites only 2 became USA property the other whites returned home... And thats the truth, that was only one incident, can you imagine the other numbers that we not made public... whites could afford college and escaped the war.... I recall as a young man, I grew up in a small town in the southwest…the population was about 20,000, the town was made up of about 50% whites and the same for Hispanics… but while drafted and on the bus to boot-camp, the number of whites on that bus was maybe 5 white kids, and the rest was Mexican American, which was about 70 plus Mexican Americans and merely a hand full of whites….. so my math back then and my math now really tells me one thing….and out of that hand full on whites only 2 became USA property the other whites returned home… And thats the truth, that was only one incident, can you imagine the other numbers that we not made public… whites could afford college and escaped the war….

]]> By: Gary L Galloway http://www.historynet.com/names-on-the-wall-a-closer-look-at-those-who-died-in-vietnam.htm#comment-823488 Gary L Galloway Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:18:38 +0000 #comment-823488 Right or wrong this was the war of my youth & i served as a Sgt. with MABS 16 MAG 16 1 MAW at Marble Mountain 1969-1970. Years later during the 2nd iraq war a coworker ask me why i didn't support that war when i had the Viet Nam war, I told him i will always support the troops that go to war because they follow orders and do as they are told, but during the Viet Nam war i was young and believed if our government said something it had to be true, but over the years I learned our government did not always tell the truth when they sent troops to war, going to war to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, thats like O J Simson checking out every golf course in Florida to find a killer!!!! Then we stay there for ever, when will we learn!!! Right or wrong this was the war of my youth & i served as a Sgt.
with MABS 16 MAG 16 1 MAW at Marble Mountain 1969-1970.
Years later during the 2nd iraq war a coworker ask me why i didn't
support that war when i had the Viet Nam war, I told him i will always support the troops that go to war because they follow orders and do as they are told, but during the Viet Nam war i was young and
believed if our government said something it had to be true, but over the years I learned our government did not always tell the truth when they sent troops to war, going to war to find weapons of mass
destruction in Iraq, thats like O J Simson checking out every golf
course in Florida to find a killer!!!! Then we stay there for ever, when
will we learn!!!

]]> By: mike mays http://www.historynet.com/names-on-the-wall-a-closer-look-at-those-who-died-in-vietnam.htm#comment-818771 mike mays Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:48:04 +0000 #comment-818771 What an outstanding but sad piece of work this compilation of statistics is. I was and still outraged that college students including grads were draft exempted as though they were special people. Including a perennial university student and former living American president who claimed drafting him would would interfere with his "political viability". I lost five men over there as a platoon sergeant so this was/is disgusting to me. What an outstanding but sad piece of work this compilation of statistics is. I was and still outraged that college students including grads were draft exempted as though they were special people. Including a perennial university student and former living American president who claimed drafting him would would interfere with his "political viability". I lost five men over there as a platoon sergeant so this was/is disgusting to me.

]]> By: Geoerge Pettie http://www.historynet.com/names-on-the-wall-a-closer-look-at-those-who-died-in-vietnam.htm#comment-812024 Geoerge Pettie Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:44:36 +0000 #comment-812024 A small quibble with an otherwise very good analysis - Re: the paragraph Vounteers versus Drafted Casualties, the Marine casualties were not all volunteers as the Marines had many draftees. When I was drafted into the Army in Jan. '66, every fourth man in the group of inductees was put into the Marine Corps A small quibble with an otherwise very good analysis – Re: the paragraph Vounteers versus Drafted Casualties, the Marine casualties were not all volunteers as the Marines had many draftees. When I was drafted into the Army in Jan. '66, every fourth man in the group of inductees was put into the Marine Corps

]]> By: Chris Letters http://www.historynet.com/names-on-the-wall-a-closer-look-at-those-who-died-in-vietnam.htm#comment-811983 Chris Letters Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:44:55 +0000 #comment-811983 I am looking for any information available on Robert Duclos who I understand lost his life in Vietnam in the early 1960's. Robert attended school in Australia for short period ( late 1960's to early 1970's) and I would love to provide some information to my class mates at a class reunion we are having later in the year. I am looking for any information available on Robert Duclos who I understand lost his life in Vietnam in the early 1960's.

Robert attended school in Australia for short period ( late 1960's to early 1970's) and I would love to provide some information to my class mates at a class reunion we are having later in the year.

]]> By: Robert E. Mowry http://www.historynet.com/names-on-the-wall-a-closer-look-at-those-who-died-in-vietnam.htm#comment-809649 Robert E. Mowry Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:27:26 +0000 #comment-809649 I am trying to find a list of men who were killed or specifically missing in action in Vietnam so I can order a bracelet of that era to wear until they find the remains or they return home. I am looking for anyone from Nebraska (I graduated in 1959 in Beatrice, NE and joined the Air Force immediately. I did serve during the Vietnam War but was fortunate to serve in Thailand. The pilots there were flying F-105's which we phased our in Germany in 1964-1967 At Bitburg AFB, Germany where I was stationed. I am trying to find a list of men who were killed or specifically missing in action in Vietnam so I can order a bracelet of that era to wear until they find the remains or they return home. I am looking for anyone from Nebraska (I graduated in 1959 in Beatrice, NE and joined the Air Force immediately. I did serve during the Vietnam War but was fortunate to serve in Thailand. The pilots there were flying F-105's which we phased our in Germany in 1964-1967 At Bitburg AFB, Germany where I was stationed.

]]> By: Royd Kerley http://www.historynet.com/names-on-the-wall-a-closer-look-at-those-who-died-in-vietnam.htm#comment-783542 Royd Kerley Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:17:03 +0000 #comment-783542 Served with him in the 11th Cav - 1966- 1967 Served with him in the 11th Cav – 1966- 1967

]]> By: Jim Schueckler http://www.historynet.com/names-on-the-wall-a-closer-look-at-those-who-died-in-vietnam.htm#comment-779958 Jim Schueckler Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:09:00 +0000 #comment-779958 There is a web site named The Virtual Wall (TM) at http://www.VirtualWall.org (<a href="http://www.VirtualWall.orh" rel="nofollow">www.VirtualWal.org</a>) that has individual memorial pages for each of the 58,272 Americans who are named on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. That web site has indexes by last name, state/city, Wall panel, and unit. There is a web site named The Virtual Wall (TM) at http://www.VirtualWall.org
(http://www.VirtualWal.org) that has individual memorial pages for each of the 58,272 Americans who are named on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.

That web site has indexes by last name, state/city, Wall panel, and unit.

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