and, dont forget all those who served in overseas posts but not in country during the viet nam war Otis Willie PIO The American War Library wrote: >Number of American Vietnam Veterans Alive Today... > >This question is for the American War Library. Are there updated estimates of the number of surviving VN vets per year? I have seen the estimates estimating 903k by 1/1/2010, then a dramatic reduction to 131k on 1/1/2015. > >Thanks, >(Name redacted) > >REPLY: The official estimate of V'nam War 'survivors' as of 25 May 2009 is 831,000. The number of Americans who served in V'nam between 1945 and 1975 is between 3.2mil to 2.7mil. 2.7mil is the number counted by DOD in 1984 when producing >"The Vietnam War Service Index". This 2.7mil number is based on surviving/existing records of Americans who served between 1963 and 1975. > >Contact Person for this posting: Roger Simpson, PIO >Public Information Office: http://www.13105320634.com >The American War Library: http://www.amervets.com/ >16907 Brighton Avenue >Gardena CA 90247-5420 >Phone / Fax: 1-310-532-0634 > > >-- Otis Willie (Ret.) > Military News and Information Editor (http://www.13105320634.com) > The American War Library, Est. 1988 (http://www.amervets.com) > 16907 Brighton Avenue > Gardena CA 90247 > 1-310-532-0634 > > Military Personnel Database > http://www.amervets.com/library.htm > > Military and Vet Info-Exchange/Discussion Groups > http://www.amervets.com/share.htm > > Public Information Office > http://www.13105320634.com > > -- Betti [chinmom] home.comcast.net/~chinmom