I thought this might interest you.  I was surprised by some of the data.  Share this with your Vietnam Veteran friends.  They might be interested in knowing this interesting information. 

In case you haven't been paying attention these past few decades after you returned from Vietnam, the clock has been ticking.  The following are some statistics that are at once depressing yet in a larger sense should give you a huge sense of pride. 

My biggest surprise is the total of non-hostile deaths, never having seen it before, and knowing from the current DoD updates how common it is in the hostilities of the present. A statistic I would like to see stated or know is the number of personnel during the Vietnam Era who gained their citizenship by, because of, or while serving in the US military.
 
"Of the 2,709,918 Americans who served in Vietnam, Less than 850,000 are estimated to be alive today, with the youngest American Vietnam veteran's age approximated to be 54 years old."  How does it feel to be among the last third of all the Vietnam Veterans who served in Vietnam to be alive?  I don't know about you guys, but it kind of gives me the chills.

Considering the kind of information available about the death rate of WWII and Korean War Veterans, publicized information indicates that in the last 14 years Vietnam veterans are dying at the rate of 390 deaths each day. At this rate there will be only a few of us alive in 2015.

These statistics were taken from a variety of sources to include: The VFW Magazine, the Public Information Office, and the HQ CP Forward Observer - 1st Recon April 12, 1997.