Vietnam war veteran biography template

In 2000, Congress created the Veterans History Project with unanimous support from both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

My office can help you submit your firsthand account of your military service, told through audio recorded interviews, letters, postcards, personal diaries or photographs.

The Veterans History Project collects firsthand accounts from Gold Star family members and U.S. veterans from the following wars and conflicts:

• World War I, 1914-1918
• World War II, 1939-1945
• Cold War, 1945-1990
• Korean War, 1950-1953
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975
• Grenada (Operation Urgent Fury), 1983
• Panama (Operation Just Cause), 1989-1990
• Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm), 1990-1991
• Southwest Asia (Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden), 1990-1995
• Somalia (Operation Restore Hope), 1992-1993
• United Nations Operations

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  Veterans

  Vietnam Veterans

  United States military involvement in the Vietnam War officially began on August 5, 1964; however, the first U.S. casualty in Vietnam occurred on July 8, 1959. Approximately 2.7 million American men and women served in Vietnam. During the war, over 58,000 U.S. military members lost their lives and 153,000 were wounded. There were 766 prisoners of war of which 114 died in captivity. The war was officially ended by Presidential Proclamation on May 7, 1975.

  VA Benefits for Vietnam Veterans

  Vietnam Veterans may be eligible for a wide-variety of benefits available to all U.S. military Veterans. VA benefits include disability compensation, pension, education and training, health care, home loans, insurance, vocational rehabilitation and employment, and burial. See our Veterans page for an overview of the benefits available to all Veterans.

  Disability Compensation for Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange

  VA presumes that some disabilities diagnosed in certain

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Genealogy Research in Military Records

What military records does NARA have?

The National Archives holds Federal military service records from the Revolutionary War to 1912 in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. See details of holdings.

Military records from WWI - present are held in the National Military Personnel Records Center (NPRC), in St. Louis, Missouri, See details of holdings.

The National Archives does not hold state militia records. For these records, you will need to contact the appropriate State Archives.

How can Military Records help in my genealogy research?

Military records can often provide valuable information on the veteran, as well as on all members of the family. For example:

• Compiled Service Records:
  Compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. They will provide you with your ancestor's rank, unit, date mustered in and mustered out, basic b