What was the life expectancy of a US soldier in Vietnam?

Life Expectancy Stats show that when the action was at it's highest, a total of 500,000 Americans were in Vietnam. Every year approx. , 10,000 were killed.

The average likelihood of 10,000/500,000= 2% of not returning alive from Vietname 1st year and 4% if it were to last 2 years All countries at war have propoganda, and each country tells their people some untruths. They would have you believe that more enemies were killed than your own men and women, so I don't trust most stats. War is a terrible thing and any death is a great loss to our countries Another opinion: Total American deaths in Vietnam for all services (including accidents and illness as well as combat) were around 52,000 spread out for the most part over a ten year period.

The fact is though that life expectancy varied by service and assignment. An Air Force Supply Clerk assigned to Ton San Nhut Air Base probably had an almost miniscule chance of being killed whereas a Marine officer leading a platoon fighting in Hue City in 1968 probably had very reduced chances I served in Viet Nam in 1967-1968. For the people asking about average age or life span instead of life expectancy: I think the average age of the troops who served was in their early 20's.

I was only 21 years old when I was sent over. Most of the men were drafted -- right after high school -- if you weren't in college you were eligible for service. Over 55 thousand troops did not come home from Viet Nam I have herd for a machine gunner the life expectancy in battle was 8 sec From Onepower: I heard "from a general who fought in vietnam" He said the life expectancy was 16 MINUTES!

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