People of all class status were sent as United States soldiers during the Vietnam War. There were possiblyÊmore people of lower class than higher class.
working class
49 000 soldiers were sent to fight in the Vietnam war.
Soldiers from the United States were sent to South Vietnam to support the government and combat the communist insurgency during the Vietnam War.
Approximately 2,594,000 US Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Soldiers were sent to South Vietnam. Approximately 3,403,100 servicemen served thru-out Southeast Asia during the war.
This wasn't the case with all personnel deployed to Vietnam. Units rotated in and out of Vietnam. Incoming personnel would be sent in as replacements for soldiers who'd finished their tour before the rest of their unit or had been killed or wounded. Those personnel were sent to Vietnam and assigned to a unit there.
LBJ sent the most. In 1968 it was the largest draft.
California lost the most men; over 5,000 dead.
49 000 soldiers were sent to fight in the Vietnam war.
Soldiers from the United States were sent to South Vietnam to support the government and combat the communist insurgency during the Vietnam War.
1962.
it was 1947
Approximately 2,594,000 US Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Soldiers were sent to South Vietnam. Approximately 3,403,100 servicemen served thru-out Southeast Asia during the war.
In the 1950s and 1960s Eisenhower and Kennedy sent US soldiers to South Vietnam. In 1965 President Johnson sent the US Marines.
This wasn't the case with all personnel deployed to Vietnam. Units rotated in and out of Vietnam. Incoming personnel would be sent in as replacements for soldiers who'd finished their tour before the rest of their unit or had been killed or wounded. Those personnel were sent to Vietnam and assigned to a unit there.
To begin with 180,000 US soldiers were sent but it was soon increased to 1/2 million.
President Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to South Vietnam in 1955.
LBJ sent the most. In 1968 it was the largest draft.
New Zealand sent volunteer artillerymen and support units. Everyone else (including the enemy) sent draftees.