From: [email protected] Sent: 3/29/2014 8:07:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: Fwd: The Viet Nam Wall--Things you never knew > The Viet Nam Wall--Things you never knew > > The Wall > > 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 an d 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 Apache National Forest. And in the patriotic camaraderie typical of > Morencis 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. > Kennedys 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. > > > > Ive also sent this to those I KNOW do care very much, and I thank you for > caring as you do. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thank you, > > Carl Levy
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 01:03:11 +0000
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