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Contents 1 Homeless claim 2 How Many in the US? 3 "Vietnam ERA Veteran" is the Proper Term for soldiers who did not serve in Vietnam 4 K. Adams 1950

[edit] Homeless claim

A vet claimed today that the US government house's "30 million homeless Vietnam veterans with PTSD."

this sounds like bull but how many vets today are homeless? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.241.245.49 (talk • contribs) 12:39, 30 June 2005 (UTC)

Here's what's printed in the article. "According to official sources, 2,594,000 US personnel served within the borders of South Vietnam between January 1, 1965 and March 28, 1973 and 8,744,000 US personnel were on active duty between August 5, 1964-March 28, 1973. More than 57,000 US personnel died while serving in Vietnam." 30 mil is an obvious exageration. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.208.185.63 (talk • contribs) 10:48, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Further Homeless Vet Discussion? - But, there is need to add to this article a discussion of Homeless Vietnam Veterans who are mentioned in articles as numbering 250,000 to 450,000, with usually higher numbers used. this situation esp resulted from drug addiction from service in Vietnam and from PST and so the fact that so many are still 30-35 years later homeless, means this group has not been cared for, not been given adequate services and has been esp ignored. And that stems from one of the main problems that benefits / payments / monthly checks for disabled veterans are so low. Esp meaningly the monthly payments are too low to eat AND afford an apartment. /s/ box car willy SMgt 3rd 76.194.80.116 (talk) 03:47, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How Many in the US?

How many Vietnam War Veterans are there in the United States today? Seems like a glaring omission from the article- or else I didn't read it carefully enough. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.158.139 (talk) 04:49, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Vietnam ERA Veteran" is the Proper Term for soldiers who did not serve in Vietnam

"Vietnam era Veteran" is the proper term for soldiers who did not serve in Vietnam but who did serve during that time .

A "Vietnam veteran" is only the proper term for a soldier who actually served in the Vietnam War theater (includes naval forces who fought, patrolled and supplied from just off the coastline).

24.8.106.182 (talk) 22:35, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] K. Adams 1950

i don't understand this reference. it needs clarification. might it be vandalism? Toyokuni3 (talk) 16:06, 27 April 2008 (UTC) likewise 'j. lee 1951'. while both these reference apparently have meaning for whoever made them, they add nothing to the article, and are confusing. i am going to remove them now.Toyokuni3 (talk) 15:39, 22 May 2008 (UTC)