Waaay OT: Vietnam vet question
by Hoot 
, Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Friday, August 21, 2015, 21:18 (3370 days ago)
Could a fellow born in 1957, 58 years old, have served in Vietnam?
Ran into a guy at the local tonight. He made a big deal about serving in 'Nam and how the war didn't really end with the evacuation of the embassy. And about how most people thought he was full of it.
I will admit to the fact that I believed the war to be over/finished when the Hueys pulled the last of ours off the embassy roof.
What happened after that?
I'll be looking to Mr. Google but will appreciate any input.
Thank you.
Born in 1955 I say no.
by Hobie 
, Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Friday, August 21, 2015, 21:44 (3370 days ago) @ Hoot
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U.S. involvement ended 1975
by bj , Friday, August 21, 2015, 22:26 (3370 days ago) @ Hoot
per Wikipedia.
So someone born in 1958 would have been 17 years old, too old for the draft and probably too old to have enlisted. Someone born in January 1957 could have enlisted on their 18th birthday and served a few months.
ask to see his dd214. He'll have multiple copies
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Friday, August 21, 2015, 22:57 (3370 days ago) @ Hoot
they are needed for ANY VA related activity; medical, dental school, home loans...
Send an Email to veriseal.org. Sounds like a stolen valor case...
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And those clowns never claim they were supply clerks...
or whatnot. I usually run into the ones covered in Force Recon regalia with wild stories of guarding the CIA dope farms in Cambodia or some such nonsense. Had one coworker a few years ago spinning yarns of having been a Force Recon sniper, and claimed the Marine Corps gave him his sniper rifle when he got out. Yeah, right. The next few months dealing with him confirmed my initial impression that he was a POS.
Old age seems to be making me less tolerant of such antics. Go figure.
I had a guy who made such claims who spent his 12 months
by Hobie , Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Saturday, August 22, 2015, 18:12 (3369 days ago) @ mcassill
baking bread. How he thought that his personnel NCO wasn't going to get his actual record is beyond me.
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I know a local fellow here who is very proud.....
,.......of the fact that he was a cook on a Navy ship in Vietnam. He fed sailors and was in the Nam. Not a hero. A cook.
Ya gotta have cooks too......
Otony
I had a math teacher who told us how "math saved my life".
Because of his math skills he spent his year in the rear plotting artillery, rather than out in the bush where it was landing. 
yep, still have mine....needed it recently when getting
application for suppressor approved
Thanks fellas.
by Hoot , Diversityville, Liberal-sota, Saturday, August 22, 2015, 05:17 (3370 days ago) @ Hoot
My BS alarms were ringing but I let it slide.
I was born in '56 and had a draft number but was never called.
I should add that...
by Hobie , Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Saturday, August 22, 2015, 07:10 (3370 days ago) @ Hoot
Possibility does not equal probability and...
I was in Korea in April 1975 and had been in service since June 1973.
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Waaay OT: Vietnam vet question
by Bob Hatfield , Saturday, August 22, 2015, 15:47 (3369 days ago) @ Hoot
edited by Bob Hatfield, Monday, August 24, 2015, 05:23
Well the last battle of the VN war was the battle of Koh Tang in 1975. Three Marines were left on the island and the Khymer Rouge executed them. So I doubt being born in 1957 you would have been there. 1955 maybe. Seems like there were some born in 1955 were there for a little while but I'll bet not in any combat role for sure.
Bob
not unless he volunteered and lied about his age.
folks did that in WWII but doubt it happened much in the vietnam war.
It did happen but less often successfully because of better
by Hobie , Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Saturday, August 22, 2015, 18:13 (3369 days ago) @ cable
record keeping AND a greater desire to keep kids out of the service.
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This Whole Thread reminds Me...
of a time many years ago when a couple of co-workers were discussing their time in the 25th Infantry. They looked at me as if to say, "You can join in." I said in my best accent, " I vaz in zee Afrika Korps myzelf."
Don Shiply...
by Rob Leahy , Prescott, Arizona, Monday, August 24, 2015, 17:24 (3367 days ago) @ Drago
https://www.facebook.com/127546383927429/videos/1180804325268291/?fref=nf
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