Prior to 1965, the only US Military personnel in Vietnam (officially) were advisers, special forces (Green Beret), pilots, etc.
President Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to South Vietnam in 1955.
it was 1947
California lost the most men; over 5,000 dead.
it is estimated to be over 10,000 underaged soldiers being sent to war.
Canada sent many soldiers and airmen to Britain. About 21,000 Canadian soldiers landed on D-Day .
49 000 soldiers were sent to fight in the Vietnam war.
Approximately 2,594,000 US Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Soldiers were sent to South Vietnam. Approximately 3,403,100 servicemen served thru-out Southeast Asia during the war.
To begin with 180,000 US soldiers were sent but it was soon increased to 1/2 million.
Soldiers from the United States were sent to South Vietnam to support the government and combat the communist insurgency during the Vietnam War.
President Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to South Vietnam in 1955.
The class of soldiers sent to Vietnam was the Marines,Army,and, the Special Ops
1962.
it was 1947
New Zealand sent volunteer artillerymen and support units. Everyone else (including the enemy) sent draftees.
In the 1950s and 1960s Eisenhower and Kennedy sent US soldiers to South Vietnam. In 1965 President Johnson sent the US Marines.
This wasn't the case with all personnel deployed to Vietnam. Units rotated in and out of Vietnam. Incoming personnel would be sent in as replacements for soldiers who'd finished their tour before the rest of their unit or had been killed or wounded. Those personnel were sent to Vietnam and assigned to a unit there.
California lost the most men; over 5,000 dead.