Fwd: The Wall (Vietnam)! Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Paul.Walden@Fluor > Date: July 8, 2014 at 7:47:17 AM EDT > To: David Rylott > Subject: Fwd: The Wall (Vietnam)! > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Tom Baker > Date: July 8, 2014 at 1:13:29 EDT > To: Paul Walden ,Thomas.Quasney@Fluor > Subject: Fwd: The Wall (Vietnam)! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Bill Britz > Date: July 7, 2014 at 5:45:06 PM EDT > To: [email protected] , Greg Tozer , Randal Carter , Tom Baker , Gem , alpine2 > Subject: Fwd: The Wall (Vietnam)! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: > Date: July 7, 2014 at 2:13:53 PM MDT > To: Bill Britz , Anji home , Candy , Cindy Britz , Jason , Jason , deem , Bill Britz , Candy , Cindy Britz > Subject: Fwd: The Wall (Vietnam)! > > Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 15:44:13 +0000 (UTC) > From: [email protected] > To: ABBOUSIE, GARY , > Arnold, Bill , > Arnold, Wade , > New, Bob , > BRASHEAR, LARRY , > BRITZ, RICH AND GAYSON , > BRUCKS, TOM , > Brucks, Tim , > Dohmann, Fred , > DUGAN, MARJORE , > Family, Brucks , > Fetterman, Jim , > Hunt, Willie , > kruse, jack , > Marlin, John , > MARTY, EBAEXINC , > Miles, Kim , > NEW, TED , > ROMIG, HEATHER , > Rueckert, Kent , > Schott, Brandi , > Schott, Jason , > Smith, B.. , > Walker, Jerry > Subject: The Wall (Vietnam)! > > > > > Interesting facts about the Viet Nam War > > > 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 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 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are > hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, > distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this > message is prohibited. 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