Controversy exists (to no ones surprise) whether the youngest US serviceman killed in Vietnam was 15 or 16 years of age.
Statistics will state around 20 years of age.
Of the more than 58,100 Americans who died in Vietnam, 11,465 KIAs were less than 20 years old. The average age of all casualties was 23.11 years old. According to the Department of Defense's Combat Casualty File, the average age of an Army infantryman serving in Vietnam was 22. None of the enlisted grades had an average age of less than 20.
The average age of the American soldier in Vietnam was 19. Some as young as 16 and others as old as ? Actually, that is a myth. None of the enlisted grades had an average age of less than 20. Assuming KIAs accurately represented age groups serving in Vietnam, the average age of an infantryman serving in Vietnam to be nineteen years old is a myth, it is actually twenty-two point eight. The average man who fought in World War II was 26 years of age. (information from http://www.vietnam-war.info/myths/ Thanks) Byakko
Check the site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, it will list the name, rank, age, home of record, branch of service, and date of death.
The average age of the US GI was 19 years of age. The average draftee in Vietnam averaged between 19 and 26 years of age.
Controversy exists (to no ones surprise) whether the youngest US serviceman killed in Vietnam was 15 or 16 years of age.
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21 years old.
Average Age of A Soldier in Vietnam
Statistics will state around 20 years of age.
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Of the more than 58,100 Americans who died in Vietnam, 11,465 KIAs were less than 20 years old. The average age of all casualties was 23.11 years old. According to the Department of Defense's Combat Casualty File, the average age of an Army infantryman serving in Vietnam was 22. None of the enlisted grades had an average age of less than 20.
The average age of the American soldier in Vietnam was 19. Some as young as 16 and others as old as ? Actually, that is a myth. None of the enlisted grades had an average age of less than 20. Assuming KIAs accurately represented age groups serving in Vietnam, the average age of an infantryman serving in Vietnam to be nineteen years old is a myth, it is actually twenty-two point eight. The average man who fought in World War II was 26 years of age. (information from http://www.vietnam-war.info/myths/ Thanks) Byakko
Check the site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, it will list the name, rank, age, home of record, branch of service, and date of death.
The average age of a US combat private in Vietnam was 19. The age to be legally recognized as an adult was 21. Many of them died before attaining legal status as adults.
That would depend upon how you calculate the average. People of all ages were killed, so say from ages 0 to 80 giving an average of 40, but if you wanted a weighted average; with there being more people in their twenties than in their seventies, that might give you an average of 35. There are more results which you could call 'average', but just know that no age group was exempt. Survival rates of people over fifty were extremely low and very low for those over forty, also survival rates for those under about 13 were very low aswell.