Robert McNamara, (Kennedy and Johnson Administrations).
Clark Clifford, (Johnson Administration).
Melvin Laird, (Nixon Administration).
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Washington's administration had four cabinet members. The current title, Secretary of Defense, was then known as the Secretary of War. General Henry Knox.
The president of the USA for a major time of the Vietnam War was Lyndon Johnson.
In January 1973, an agreement reached and U.S. forces were withdrawn from Vietnam and U.S. prisoners of war were released.
Lyndon Johnson was the President of the US during the Vietnam War from the assassination of John Kennedy until the election of Richard Nixon.
About 58,209 U.S. military service people died in the Vietnam War. About 645,000 Americans died during the Civil War fought in the U.S.