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VETVIETN
Veteran, served during Vietnam era

Description

VETVIETN indicates whether persons were engaged in active-duty military service in the armed forces of the United States during the Vietnam era (between August 1964 and April 1975). It includes those on active duty in the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard during this period, and it excludes those in the National Guard and military Reserves, unless they were called to active duty.

Although the questions that generated these responses were asked only of those who indicated they had seen active duty, the universe for VETVIETN in 1980 and 1990 is, in effect, all persons, since "N/A" and "No" are combined in 1980 and 1990. In the 1970 and 2000 censuses, the ACS, and the PRCS "N/A" (code 0) was reported separately from "No" (code 1).

See VETSTAT, the screening variable for veterans variables, for more information on the types of service included in or excluded from the veterans variables.