December 30th, 2006
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Originally Posted by Easy-8 If you wanna go from the first Viet Minh/French firefights to the fall of Saigon then it is 1945 to 1975 meaning that it when on for 30 years. | I go by the Federal Government guidelines for the Vietnam War, for benefits and such, for being involved in the Vietnam War in relations to ones benefit package, or for benefits for being in the US Military during the Vietnam War, for ones benefit package.
It is generally excepted that the War in Vietnam officially started in 1959 as that date is used for the listing of Service members KIA in the Vietnam War, besides that date being picked for general benefits.
Even though some Service members were lost in the Vietnam War before that date, an official start date had to be set however.
The DVA sets a TBD (To Be Determined) status on anyone in Vietnam prior to 1959 dating back to 1955 for Vietnam War Benefits, it is person to person specific, even if one were shot at, hell, even if one were shot.
Logic dictates that most if not all the people on the ground during the 1955 to 1959 window would be covered by the Korean War for their Wartime Benefits Package, as the type of Troop used would have been those already tested in Combat.
I believe the VFW goes back to 1958 for Vietnam War Eligibility with 30 consecutive, or 60 non-consecutive days of duty in Vietnam.
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