An estimate of the total suicide deaths of veterans of the Vietnam War is about 9,000. Studies show that in the first five years after returning from the war, veterans were 1.7 times more likely to commit suicide than non-Vietnam veterans.
While there are no hard numbers, about 100,000 veterans of Vietnam have committed suicide. Many of them suffered with post traumatic stress disorder that was never treated or treated properly.
More than 150,000 Vietnam veterans have committed suicide since coming home from Vietnam. This is almost three times the number of soldiers that actually died during the war.
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More than likely, many veterans are in wheelchairs, confirm with their website: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
See: Vietnam Veterans Memorials
After; many Vietnam vets were also WWII veterans.
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Eight Vietnam Veterans Die every day. Vietnam Veterans are dieing faster than World War Two veterans do to Agent Orange contamination .
Servicemen returning home from Vietnam were often given a "dirty look" of disguist, or had a "smart remark" made to them. Many returning veterans would NOT tell people that they were veterans of the Vietnam War.
Over 58,000 US Servicemen were killed in the Vietnam War.
See: Statistics about the Vietnam War
Wikipedia says the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial is 2.00 acres. Hope this helps! -Josh
over 58,000 men and 8 women
There are many websites by or for Vietnam Veterans. If you know what unit the vet served in, do a search for that unit. They might have an association to get veterans back in touch with each other. Click on the link below to see an example of a Vietnam Unit association website.