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Keep in mind, that statistics continue to be updated: 8 US military female personnel were killed in Vietnam. One 1st Lieutenant Nurse was killed when enemy rockets struck her building. One was killed while a passenger on board a helicopter when it accidently crashed. One was killed, while riding as a passenger in a jeep, which accidently crashed. Five were killed, during Operation Baby Lift; the evacuation of South Vietnam, in 1975. The largest US Air Force transport at that time, the C-5 Galexy, had filled up with women & children evacuee's. It crashed during take off, killing most people aboard.
The Vietnam War happened in the 1960's and throughout the 60's. The Vietnam War is considered to be one of the most pointless wars in US history.
Some historians start the time when advisers and techicians made their presence known during the late 1950's, some begin when the Special Forces (Green Beret) arrived in the early 1960's, still other historians like to begin when President Johnson sent in regular combat troops in 1965. Where ever you chose to begin your date, it will have to end in 1975, when the North invaded and took over the South.
It is most likely that they most combat jumps by any individual would be six. It is not actually known who the person because the jumps are made as units, not individuals.
During the Vietnam War (1960's and 1970's) beards and long mustaches were considered ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT (Anti-Anything Government...Police, Military Personnel, etc.) Short hair and clean shaven (or a military mustache) was considered conservative/normal. But any man sporting a clean look would be under suspicion by his friends and neighbors as being a cop (or under-cover government official), or in the military.