For "a starter", recommend obtaining the book titled, "Vietnam ORDER OF BATTLE", By Shelby L. Stanton. A second publication, originally founded by retired COL Harry Summers (1932-1999), is a magazine established in the late 1970's, titled "VIETNAM"; this publication OFTEN supplys advertisements concerning "lists" for war historians.
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Approximately 2,594,000 US Servicemen served in country during the Vietnam War. 1,736,000 were US Army 391,000 were US Marines 293,000 were US Airmen 174,000 were US Sailors (this figure includes the US Coast Guard)
It's possible to obtain the names of the 14,838 US Marines who perished in Vietnam; but it may prove to be a daunting task to obtain the names of the remaining 375,000 US Marines that fought in the Vietnam War.
See: Statistics about the Vietnam War and US Marine Corps (in Vietnam). Note: Approximately 391,000 US Marines served in the Vietnam War. Approximately 14,838 US Marines died there.
Approximately 2,594,000 US Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Soldiers were sent to South Vietnam. Approximately 3,403,100 servicemen served thru-out Southeast Asia during the war.
By the end of the war, approximately 2,594,000 US Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen had served IN COUNTRY, in the Vietnam War. By the end of the war, approximately 2,594,000 US Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen had served IN COUNTRY, in the Vietnam War.
Nearly 14,000 US Marines were killed in Vietnam, and over 50,000 US Marines were wounded in the war.
Generally, a Vietnam era veteran is considered anyone who served in the military between 1964-1975. There are, however, some nuances in the case of Vietnam War veterans, who served in country during the war. They can date back to the late 1950s and early 1960s, when the US had advisers in Vietnam; also, while there were only few in Vietnam at this time, some US servicemen who served in 1974-1975 would be considered Vietnam veterans (I.e. marines present at the Fall of Saigon and US Navy sailors who aided in evacuating Saigon).
There are 58,272 names on the Vietnam Memorial Wall.