Assuming an 18-year old was in Vietnam in April, 1973 when the last U.S. combat forces left Vietnam, he might live to be 90 years old in 2045. Most Vietnam vets have turned 65, or will turn 65 in the next five years.
You are a Vietnam Era Veteran but not a Vietnam War Veteran
Florence Green
No particular individual defined the term. A veteran, in this sense, means someone who served in a particular conflict, Vietnam in this case.
Anyone regardless of rank, branch of service, or jobspeciality, who served in country or in the waters off the coast and were awarded a Vietnam campaign ribbon indicating that they did so is a Vietnam veteran, regardless of the job they performed. The guy who was a chaplain's assistant, cook or clerk typist etc, who served there is a Vietnam veteran just as the combat veteran.
The novelist Compton Mackenzie, born in 1883, claimed in his memoirs that he had sat on the knee of a Waterloo veteran as a child.
The last veteran of World War 1 died on February 27, 2011.
You are a Vietnam Era Veteran but not a Vietnam War Veteran
China Beach
Bob is a member of the Rotary club and a Vietnam Veteran.
The cast of No Unwounded Soldiers - 2007 includes: Frank Attruia as Vietnam veteran Grace Bell as World War II veteran Edward Borucki as World War II veteran George LaBounty as Vietnam veteran Mary Lou Lauricella as Drama Therapist Lewis Mungo as Vietnam veteran Al Perrault as Vietnam veteran Janet Rilance as Sister of Vietnam veteran Robert Timmins as Iraq veteran
2016
Florence Green
Veteran and non-veteran donations.
The cast of Last Year in Viet Nam - 1971 includes: Oliver Stone as War Veteran
He is a Vietnam Era Veteran.
Around 1988 he is on youtube.
All of them!