New Zealand sent volunteer artillerymen and support units. Everyone else (including the enemy) sent draftees.
People are drafted to be soldiers in war. This was used in the Vietnam War, and in many countries during the First and Second World Wars. Generally it is said to be random selection of adult males (at the time it was anyways - since women did not fight in wars during this time period) but there are conspiracy theories saying that blacks were over-conscripted during the Vietnam war in an attempt to lower African-American population and maintain a Caucasian dominance.
From approximately 1962-1972 over 50,000 Australian Servicemen fought in Vietnam, of which over 19,000 were drafted men. Over 63,000 Australian men were conscripted (drafted) during the war. Nearly 520 Australians were killed in Vietnam, of which over 200 were conscripts. 2,400 were injured.
A total of 58,168 American soldiers died in Vietnam during the Vietnam War!!
During the Vietnam War, it was the "OD" (Olive Drab) or the "Green Machine" or "Uncle Sam" or "Conscripted".
"Conscripts" during the Vietnam War were constripted men for military duty. Conscription is another word for "Draft." During the Viet War, a "drafted man" was a "conscripted man."
The exact number of soldiers who died in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War is difficult to determine, as there are varying estimates. However, it is believed that around 1 million soldiers from North Vietnam died during the conflict.
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58,226 American soldiers
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Soldiers from the United States were sent to South Vietnam to support the government and combat the communist insurgency during the Vietnam War.
Australia had conscription in place and active , before the Vietnam war in 1972 ,( or somewhere close to that) in the elections, the labor party defeated the democratic party. this was due to the labor party promising to abolish conscription and allow conscripted soldiers out of the army when labor won this did happen and there has not been conscription since
Major General A. L. McDonald was Australia's commander in Vietnam.