It was just north of Saigon. I wasnt aware that they kept life expectancy statistics. No.
Vietnam War Facts, Stats and Myths - US Wings Date: March 8, 2020 Author: pdoggbiker 97 Comments Photo above is of Stanley Kober with RTO, John Scheur. There were almost twice as many casualties in Southeast Asia (primarily Cambodia) the first two years, after the fall of Saigon in 1975, than there were during the ten years the U.S. was involved in Vietnam. I just wanted to get off No. Fact: Assuming KIAs accurately represented age groups serving in Vietnam, the average age of an infantryman (MOS 11B) serving in Vietnam to be 19 years old is a myth, it is actually 22. My heart was pounding out of my chest. I was never formally trained as an RTO. African Americans played a prominent role in the Vietnam War. Hurrying forward with No. Nixon Presidential Papers. History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. Videos, Film, Music, and Movies about VN War, Author interview War & Life: Discussions with a Veteran, A Chat Between Three Veterans [live video with author], Lest We Forget Meet the Authors & Book Signing April 4th: Cherries and Donut Dolly, Interview with author John Podlaski in Examiner Magazine, American Heroes Radio interviews author of Cherries A Vietnam War Novel, Cherries Author Interviewed on British Website, U.K. Blogspot posts interviews author, John Podlaski, More Book Reviews and author interviews about Cherries, Les Scates, U.S. Army (Ret.) The incredibly important role in the U.S. Army is responsible for defending the country through real-life combat. Fact: The domino theory was accurate. maybe your question i vauge. As we approached the battle, we heard intense firing. I didnt make a move without that gun beside me. Was Billeted near an Army medevac Unit and was offered a chance to lay on my stomach with an M16 and door gun for them I decided not a good Idea. Bloody May 1968 Mini TET. 4329 0 obj
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To keep busy on the boat ride to Vietnam, my unitCompany B, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regimentheld competitions where we took the gun apart and put it back together while blindfolded to see who could do it fastest. My dog and I walked point my whole tour in Vietnam. You can find the polarity of a compound by finding electronegativities (an atoms desire for an electron) of the atoms; Carbon has an electronegativity of 2.5, compared to Fluorines A) Enter the the Ksp expression for the solid AB2 in terms of the molar solubility x. Both served in A 2/18 1st Infantry Division. Hats off to them. An NVA soldier had evidently spotted the gun and waited patiently for me to stick my head up. Most war stories are about soldiers and battles. HistoryNet.com contains daily features, photo galleries and over 25,000 articles originally published in our nine magazines. Welcome Home Roger. The average age of the 58,148 US Servicemembers killed in Vietnam was 23.11 years (CACF) Going backwards (Apr. We could not see any enemy soldiers, but we could see smoke coming from their weapons through the trees. The group found the first man killed and carried him up the hill, placing his body right next to me. First Sgt. The enemy fire ceased, and we made arrangements to collect our dead before continuing on to Company A. Knowing I had a 100-round belt in my M60, I opened up on that hillside, my gun getting so hot that the barrel smoked. 4. I was still pondering the move to 4th Platoon when U.S. Air Force jets screamed over the treetops with canisters of napalm. The Marine Corps lost 14,836, or 5 percent . No. No creo que Susana _____ (seguir) sobre los consejos de su mdico. It may not have worked for some other wars, but they were pretty helpful. I carried the PRC-25 Radio most of that time. Was a door gunner and crew chief for just shy of 18 months (I extended to get out early). Needless too say I depended on Sgt. When we reached Company A, we placed our dead in the center of the two-company perimeter. The average time lapse between wounding to hospitalization was less than one hour. Ha Ha always enjoyed being a volunteer!
Army Infantryman (MOS 11B): 2022 Career Profile - Operation Military Kids Originally I went to the 543d TC. I had yet to fire a shot with No. We gathered the casualties and set out for Company A. I was shot down on my very first mission in July 1968. He decided to stay even though he had a deep feeling he wasnt going to make it. The average man who fought in World War II was 26 years of age. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star in 1974. Was No. He then said that they were generally on patrol moving through their area, both attacking and being attacked depending if the VC knew their location. Done ranting. Like most inexperienced gunners, he underestimated the power of the pig and failed to keep the barrel down when firing. Moving west down the trail, 4th Platoon exchanged fire with a single NVA soldier, then a handful and finally a group of about 10-15 around noon. The Department of Defense Vietnam War Service Index officially provided by The War Library originally reported with errors that 2,709,918 U.S. military personnel as having served in-country. The two platoons were to advance no more than 200 yards from the main body of the company. Few areas of the world have been as hotly contested as the India-Pakistan border. Hey Robert I was with the 38th Scout Dog Plt. Expenditures for a body in a combat zone? Me, a vehicle mechanic with Btry E, 41st Arty Quads 1970. The man listed as missing was machine gunner Joe DeLong, captured along with No. Robert Sholly, standing with Platoon Sgt. I am one lucky SOB. Both served in A 2/18 1st Infantry Division. In our spare time we did medevacs and medcaps for the local communities and when required inserted SEALs . My good friend who was a RTO was killed. I had scary thoughts about myself humping the bush as a RTO, I was a real puny guy back then. HOOAH!!! The smell of those charred bodies, blackened and smoking from the napalm strike, is something I can never forget. He was wounded and suffered permanent disability shortly before his tour was up. See you in the next life!!!!! (LogOut/ How old are Vietnam vets now? Oh, and even the Air Force has ground units. He said when they were ambushed they took defensive positions, returned fire, called for assistance when needed, and retreated when necessary. Anyway I was wondering about the RTOs in a grunt platoon, was that their MOS or were they 11B that carried a PRC ? The average life expectancy of a front-line soldier in eastern Ukraine is four hours, a Marine said. The Vietnam War was the turning point for Communism. The man with the carbine immediately dropped it, and the two VC surrendered. The first man to die in Vietnam was James Davis, in 1961. They were great patriots fighting for their families and their homeland. 240 men were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War. 1 Gun. never happened,we lost two sweep team members and some LUCK pure LUCK. 11 c mos , meaning I was also cross trained for mortars . Before he was drafted Renza had worked as a hairdresser for women in his hometown of Peekskill, New York. Terrified, I dropped down as fast as I could, pulling the gun and two ammo belts of 100 rounds apiece on top of me as I fell back into the dry streambed. I was one of the lucky ones I came home without a physical scratch. 0
US Wings provides aviation apparel to the U.S. Government and commercial customers along with the general public. I think what is missing is the fact that the life expectancy of those firing at us was much shorter than those that they were firing at. Love you Wortman!!!!
'No. 1 Gun': An M60 Machine Gunner in Vietnam Tells His Story - HistoryNet We used to provide cover for these guys. They used the callsign MEDIVAC and were armed. Our chase after the enemy unwittingly led us into a large ambush. year old Marine thinking this is my last day on earth. Just to show that its hard to get an accurate number, note my typo of 56,220. And yes, please God, bless America. Fighters and planes dont make up the Army, thats the Air Force. U.S. Wings is a manufacturer and a supplier. Enemy fire greeted as us as soon as we landed near the village. of what was usually 5 or 6 going in and many times the leads would find traps, punji pits or the VC waiting. 85% of Vietnam Veterans made successful transitions to civilian life. It was just part of the job. Found NVA bunker complex. Sept 69 to Sept 70. 1 Gun was firing. I sure feel for all you guys that went outside the wire. Point, slack and compass. Sure but so was everyone else who went 12 months without getting killed or wounded. Es ridculo que t ______ (tener) un resfriado en verano. (LogOut/ I am 81 now and survived the encounter by terminated the sniper. The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 240 days of combat in one year thanks to the mobility of the helicopter. Some were constantly exposed to combat, some not so often. Shermans had fairly thin armor (76mm at the thickest compared to a Tiger with 180mm at the thickest with most around 100mm). He said fighting was especially deadly in the war-torn city of Bakhmut, dubbed "the meat . We took fire all the time and responded. While traveling through the boonies the first few men were usually always shot first. I was told my life expectancy was about 45 secs during a fire fight because of the weapons and demo I carried. "The Cotton Balers, damn fine Soldiers." The Battalion returned to Fort Benning on October 11, 1970 and was inactivated. Thats my experience. This has been going on for about a week Every time I try to watch a video on Youtube from my laptop I get instantly redirected to "gslbeacon.ligit.com." Vietnam Veterans were the best educated forces our nation had ever sent into combat. May was eventually able to hand off 2nd Platoons No. Although we do tend to bomb a lot, thats only half of what we do. Information presented by SFC (Ret) David Hack. Not much different than his unit. The casualty rate in the current war today is a fraction. Total fantasy. Fact: The average infantryman in the South Pacific during World War II saw about 40 days of combat in four years.
Was the 7th Infantry in Vietnam? - 2023 This article appeared in the October 2021 issue of Vietnam magazine. However, Shermans were very outmatched by the German tanks on the field of battle. His comparison to a FB was that if we were fired on we returned fire and requested assistance when needed. Id love to see the casualties listed by Corps ? I applaud your courage as I know an RTOs job is essential, difficult (carrying the weight of his radio transmitter, his rifle, his ammo, and his rucksack), and dangerous as the enemy surely wanted to knock out any communications for support. Screaming Eagles! The death squads focused on leaders at the village level and on anyone who improved the lives of the peasants such as medical personnel, social workers, and school teachers. by Zita Ballinger Fletcher 1/18/2022. I was one of the many others I rode river boats in the Mekong Jan 68 to 69. I pumped 200 rounds into that riverbank. I was a cmbt engr demolition specialist carried a 45 auto and an M70 grenade launcher in addition to the C-4 and Det Cord. We were probably not too far away on that day. 1 Gun onto a small hill and provide security while others retrieved them. Average age of men killed: 23.1 years Total Deaths: 23.11 years Enlisted: 50,274; 22.37 years Officers: 6,598; 28.43 years Warrants: 1,276; 24.73 years E1: 525; 20.34 years Five men killed in Vietnam were only 16 years old. The blasts from the AMMO, really lit up the whole area. When I popped back up to put out some automatic fire, a bullet whizzed by my earno more than an inch from my headand slammed into the tree next to me, shattering the bark. Over 900,000 patients were airlifted (nearly half were American). I was an O5C-20 in Vietnam. Some Brothers said why spend another year in this hellhole???? I was stationed on 2 FSBs (8 & 175mm guns) west of Tay Ninh on the Cambodian boarder in the Ho Chi Minh trail and was wounded but nothing as bad as he was. It didnt matter who you were or where you were. Without that commitment, Communism would have swept all the way to the Malacca Straits that is south of Singapore and of great strategic importance to the free world. Comments were more interesting than the article it self. Even the AP photographer, Nick Ut, who took the picture, was Vietnamese. The NVA had wedged a blocking force between our company and Company A, preventing us from advancing any farther. What unit lost the most soldiers in Vietnam? I packed my own radio and got a Thank you from his Mom. Now, the wisdom of this soldier tough but humanly compassionate warrior ethos can be assessed through the 2d Bn recordNO complaints about mistreatment of prisonerswhile achieving the most combat SUCCESSES IN THE BRIGADE. The body felt as though it weighed considerably more than it looked. Explore the Life of a U.S. Infantryman in Vietnam. In all that time, the Tet 1968 fighting in Saigon was the only time the unit fought a pitched urban battlevery unusual during the war. 2 tour Nam Vet, The Navys First Vietnamese Admiral Saw His Family Killed by an Infamous Viet CongGuerrilla, The Navy's First Vietnamese Admiral Saw His Family Killed by an Infamous Viet Cong Guerrilla, A Day in the Life of an Infantry Point Man in Vietnam, The Story behind the famous Saigon Execution Photo. 58,148 were killed and 304,000 wounded out of 2.7 million who served. My friend May, I later learned, was doing the same thing in 2nd Platoon. I was a grunt with c co. 4/31 196th it inf bade. There were two different groups that flew aeromedical evacuations. 2,709,918 Americans served in uniform in Vietnam. The U.S. Infantryman Vietnam Pocket Manual contains gems such as infantry "patrol tips," maneuver techniques, and fighting methods for various environments. S/F, There were no door gunners on dustoffs. For some reason, the written word of this article was somehow deleted and lost. While I was in training, my motivation was to get these wings and I wear them today proudly, the airman recalled in 2015. HistoryNet.com is brought to you by HistoryNet LLC, the worlds largest publisher of history magazines. KICK ASS AS NEEDED!!! Really no mention of the regular rifleman. The Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File of the Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) Extract Files contains records of 58,220 U.S. military fatal casualties of the Vietnam War. Lowering my gun, I turned around and noticed two VC sitting in the doorway of the hut, staring at me.
What was the average life expectancy of a soldier in Vietnam? Fact: Servicemen who went to Vietnam from well-to-do areas had a slightly elevated risk of dying because they were more likely to be pilots or infantry officers. The machine gun was also mounted in the UH-1 Huey helicopter and other Army aircraft. Thanks for the perceived loss and the countless assassinations and torture visited upon Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians goes mainly to the American media and their undying support-by-misrepresentation of the anti-War movement in the United States. However, it was the discretion of the individual crewmen if they wanted to carry personal weapons or not. Subscribe to receive our weekly newsletter with top stories from master historians. The fall of Saigon happened 30 April 1975, two years AFTER the American military left Vietnam. This makes calculations of those alive, even in 2017, difficult to maintain. hmK#1+yNvA I served in A Company 3/22 of the 3rd Brigade 4th Infantry 12/66, then Hq Co 2/12 of the 3rd Brigade 25th Inf until the night of the TET offensive end of January 1968 and returned home July 18 1968. We ambushed and got ambushed, firebase got attacked who carried what or did what had no bearing. I was also told that the Radio did put a target on my back. Naturally I was excited at the opportunity to join Sanzone, but at the same time I hated leaving 2nd Platoons No. The Bronze Star was awarded to ALL that were awarded the CIB in WWII because the Infantry accounted for over 70% of the casualties in WWLL BUT NOT 70% )F ALL THE INFANTRY !!!
But I made it back in one piece. We were discussing the different units and dangers of each. 2/3 of the men who served in World War II were drafted. And I know what youre going to say, Because the American cs! Bullcrap!!!! The CACF is the basis for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall): Average age of 58,148 killed in Vietnam was 23.11 years. Can I use this word like this: The addressal by the C.E.O. Address: 561 E Hines Hill Road Hudson, Ohio 44236 Phone: 1-800-650-0659 / 330-655-5050 Fax: 330-653-3750 Email: [emailprotected], Retail Store Hours: Monday-Friday: 9am - 5pm EST Saturdays: 10am -3pm (Oct-Jan) Sundays: Closed. 1 Gun kept a lot of enemy heads down. well i have been army infantry for 12 years with 2 deployments, and still going strong. Lt lost a finger, same time. DeLong had only fired the weapon once in training, so I let him fire off a few rounds to practice. Foot soldiers went by the grace of God, but had a better chance than the infantry platoon commander in combat. I was told to help carry one of the bodies. The Kb of pyridine, C5H5N, is 1.5 x 10-9. There were also wounded. They were also in a circular formation. It resulted in the death of some 45,000 NVA troops and the complete, if not total destruction of the Viet Cong elements in South Vietnam. Amen I was a machine gunner for 7 months 503rd infantry 173rd airborne and you hit the nail right on the head. Unable to reach Company A, my company pulled back, formed a perimeter and called in air and artillery support. I was a 2LT on Hamburger Hill and had 4 RTOs over a 7 day period (excluding the times I ended up carrying my own radio). Like you, I carried a PRC-25 for about 5 months and never got hit. (tirotactico.net). Phi Pow B.Sc (econ) in Economic History & Economics (college minor), London School of Economics and Political Science Author has 212 answers and 234.6K answer views 2 y Originally Answered: What soldier had the shortest life expectancy? I know the scouts in my company had a slightly longer rate but not much. It was an HONOR and a privilege to serve with these brave men for my 11 month tour. I met a Marine a few years ago who was stationed North of Da Nang. The Bn & Company I was assigned to, was on the last row of Bldgs. Nobody attacked, where we were. It was one of my most memorable tours in the Navy I later went to a carrier and was bored silly because I had about 1% of the responsibilities I had as an O-2. I know this is a standard cliche, but it is so true, All gave some. We were in2dBn 503d . Carried the prc25 for about 7 months. The answer that we have always been given is that 1 year in the Infantry is equivalent to 3 years of hard labor. The Army suffered the most total casualties, 38,179 or 2.7 percent of its force. As soon as he did, a round hit him in the forehead, blowing out the back of his skull. Also, it would mean the killed RTOs died within seconds of the fight (it doesnt distinguish between ambush or regular fight, eg.