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From: Otis Willie PIO The American War Library 
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Subject: Annual Report on the names who served in Vietnam
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	Annual Report on the names who served in Vietnam

The Department of Defense published the "Official Vietnan War Service Index" in
1984 listing the names of 2,709,018 Americans officially credited with service
in-country Vietnam or aboard vessels serving in Vietnamese waters. At the same
time DOD reported that its unofficial total of Vietnam servicepersonnel could be
as high as 3,004,117. 41,297 names of the latter figure were authorized the
Vietnam Service Medal but did not serve in-country or in Vietnamese waters.

The American War Library was established in 1998 to collect the names of all
military servicepersonnel from all wars and non-war eras. Over the past 22 years
the War Library has confirmed the additional names of 237,411 Americans who
served in Vietnam or were authorized the Vietnam War Service Medal (or Armed
Forces Expeditionary Medal-Vietnam). The search for the missing 57,688 names
will painstakingly continue until all Vietnam War names are confirmed.

NOTE: All names of military personal in service since the Revolutionary War are
bing placed online for permanent archival and viewing:
http://www.americanwarlibrary.com/library.htm

Contact Person for this posting: Roger Simpson, PIO
Public Information Office: http://www.13105320634.com
The American War Library: http://www.amervets.com/
16907 Brighton Avenue
Gardena CA 90247-5420
Phone / Fax: 1-310-532-0634

-- Otis Willie (Ret.)
   Military News and Information Editor (http://www.13105320634.com)
   The American War Library, Est. 1988 (http://www.amervets.com)
   16907 Brighton Avenue
   Gardena CA 90247
   1-310-532-0634

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