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Ultimately the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam could be used to define the end of the war, the last of the American troops did not leave until the Paris Peace accords were signed in 1973.
The cease-fire agreement was signed in Paris in January of 1973. On March 29th, 1973, the last of the remaining U.S. troops leave Vietnam. On April 29th, 1975, the American Ambassador and the last Americans leave Vietnam.
See info column on the website: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
The last combat troops of the United States were pulled out of South Vietnam on 29 March 1973. 8,500 American civilians, embassy guards, and defense office soldiers remained in Saigon. The largest helicopter evacuation in history occured on 29 April 1975 when 7,000 Americans and South Vietnamese were evacuated from the US Embassy in Saigon. Saigon fell the following day to the North Vietnamese troops.
The first US draft was during the US Civil War (1861-1865); the last US draft was during the Vietnam War (1961-1975).