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What year would you have been born in to serve combat duty in Viet Nam?
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The US didn't have formal combat operations going on at the time, but had a presence in Vietnam since 1954. The first US soldier to die in Vietnam was killed in 1957. The current mandatory retirement age in the Army is 64 - I'm not sure what it was in 1954, but, someone born in 1890 could potentially have been in Vietnam with the US Army. The absolute latest someone could've been born and have seen service in Vietnam is 1957, although that is a bit unlikely - the end of the Vietnam War was in 1975, and someone born in 1957 would've been 18 at the time - before deploying, they'd have to go through Basic Training, AIT, getting assigned to their unit, pre-deployment readiness, etc. Seeing as the Vietnam War ended in April, that makes it extremely unlikely than an 18 year-old born in 1957 would've been sent to Vietnam... 1956 is a bit more possible.
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