First find out if he was a soldier (US Army), marine (US Marine Corps), sailor (US Navy), Coast Guardsman (US Coast Guard), or airman (US Air Force). Then get his serial number and contact the VA. Note* The Vietnam War the "LAST WAR" in which serial numbers were issued to US Servicemen. GI's entering US Military service, may not have a serial number for the 1970's. Most GI's from 1969 onward will have both a serial number & SSN.
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A military officer that fought in the Vietnam War. A Vietnam War soldier would be a "soldier that fought in the Vietnam War.
Of the more than 58,000 American soldier killed during the Vietnam War, eight were women. Sixty American female civilians were also killed.
There was an unknown soldier for WWI,WWII,The Korean War, and The Vietnam War. So it depends on which one you are talking about.
The oldest US serviceman to die in the Vietnam War was Clyde Taylor, age 62.
5,573 men from California died in the war.