I served a temporary duty in the First Army and Fort Lee Honor Guard in 1968 and 1969 while I was on active duty stateside. Soldiers in the South and the Appalachian region suffered the greatest death rate during the Viet Nam conflict of any area of the country, as I understand it. I don't remember burying a rich kid and I don't remember meeting rich parents of the kids I buried. I know we are killing a certain number of company grade officers, now, as in Viet Nam. However, young enlisted men make up the greater number of deaths. I guess that will never change.
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