On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 18:37:53 -0500, Stephen Harding
wrote:

IIRC, the average age of the Vietnam grunt was quite young

Of the Americans who died in Vietnam, 18.3 percent were 17-19 years
old, 38.5% were 21-22 years, 18.9 percent were 23-24 years, 14.3
percent were 25-29 years, and 10.0 percent were 30 years or older.

So the median was about 21 and a half.

There are no average age figures for those who served; the closest you
can come is to take deaths as a proxy.

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