Any person that has served their country IN the US Military forces honorably; is a military veteran.
Civilian contractors working for the military are NOT military vets.
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If you served in a combat zone yes. If not, you are a war era veteran.
You are a Vietnam Era Veteran but not a Vietnam War Veteran
A veteran is someone who fought in a war as part of an army or unit.
No particular individual defined the term. A veteran, in this sense, means someone who served in a particular conflict, Vietnam in this case.
A veteran is someone who is experienced. A veteran actor has done a lot of acting; a veteran football player has played a lot of football; a veteran cameraman has taken a lot of pictures. A special type of veteran is a war veteran, someone who has served in and experienced a war. Often when people say "veterans", that is who they are talking about.