No Web site is complete without links to other pages -- that's what
the Web is all about, after all.
As you might guess, there are quite a few web sites that could go
on our links page. We have chosen to list a relatively small number of
sites to keep things manageable. These aren't necessarily the "best" sites
for any particular purpose, but we think they're the most relevant to our
particular mission. They should certainly get you started in a search for
more information. Try one of the major search engines for even more information.
We are glad to hear of other links that may be worthwhile, but we
reserve the right to make the final decision as to the usefulness of any
particular link. If any of these links are broken.please let me know:
Website Administrator.
NOTE: Under no circumstances will we link to
a page that exists primarily to offer goods or services based on, or make
a profit from, anything related to the Vietnam War. Period. Don't ask.
A few of the sites listed below have requests for donations, but we don't
really care for that either, and have kept such links to a bare minimum.
Everyone should make a living, but not from this.
You can find more information about the CACCF
itself at the
National Archives site. This is the file we use as a basis for our
own casualty list, though the CACCF as distributed by the Archives does
not include the information from TAGCEN or locations on the Wall. They
have a page of
statistics and information about ordering your own copy of the database
if you wish (remember, it isn't formatted exactly the way ours is, nor does
it have all the same information).
If you are a next-of-kin, you should be
able to get a casualty's full service record from the National
Military Personnel Records Center. The records are not online,
and you must submit a written request (you can download the official form
from the site, but you are not required to use the form). Records
are generally available only to immediate family members, but most records
are provided free. Expect to wait several months at least.
The Army Quartermaster Corps has a page
about mortuary affairs
in the armed forces. NOTE that there is no information about individual
casualties here.
The National Park Service
has an informative site that may be particularly useful to visitors.
The Park Service also has a site devoted to the collection of things
that people have left at the Wall. They are looking for help with the
identification of some of these.
The Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Fund is the private organization that helped obtain funding for building
of the Memorial itself. They have their own name lookup capability, and offer their own
set of useful links.
The The Virtual Wall ®
Vietnam Veterans Memorial contains personal remembrances of letters, photographs,
tributes, poetry, and citations honoring those women and men named on the Wall.
The The Moving Wall is
the half-size replica of the Washington, DC Vietnam Veterans Memorial and has been touring
the country for almost twenty years.
The Vietnam Veterans Home Page (see below) offers an alphabetical
listing of the names on the Wall, known as The
Wall on the Web. This can be very useful for resolving questions about
the spelling of last names. It also offers a very sobering realization
as to just how many individual souls were lost in VietNam.
The Defense
Prisoner of War / Missing Personnel Office is the official government
site for POW/MIA information. They have a newsletter and current information
on the official status of missing and returned service members.
The Library
of Congress POW/MIA Page is an index of government documents relating
to individual POW/MIA questions. The documents themselves are not on-line,
but can be obtained via this site.
Operation
Smoking Gun, operated by the P.O.W. Network, keeps files of biographical
information on those listed POW/MIA.
Here is an interesting article on the origin
of the POW/MIA bracelet.
NOTE: POW/MIA issues continue to be very controversial and emotional
for many people. We express no opinion on these issues, and are not interested
in joining the debate. We may, in future, offer several of the better
advocacy pages, but we intend to choose them in the basis of balance and
information content, not politics.
There is no database of all living Vietnam veterans, and we have
no way of finding anyone for you. The following links may be of some use,
though.
The Veterans Administration is prohibited by law from giving out
information on veterans in their files, but they will forward a
message from you to someone for whom they have an address. It is then up
to that person to respond to you, assuming that the address is still good.
Their page describing this service is HERE.
The VVHP maintains a Lost
& Found section, with listings of people looking for people. With
much greater detail than a simple database, this site can perhaps put you
in contact with some one looking for the same person, or even the person
in question, if he/she is a survivor. They VVHP also describes "Buddy Locator"
programs offered by the military services. Check here.
The VVHP Reunion Notices
might provide a means of contacting members from a given unit that served
in VietNam, a potentially invaluable resource for vets who remember certain
things, but don't have the details needed for a database search. The United
States Marine Corps also maintains a large list of "approved" reunions
here.
[Note: this does not take you to the complete list, which is rather long.
Go to the bottom of the page this does take you to.]
The VVMF The Wall That Heals
is a traveling exhibit designed to bring The Wall to communities throughout the country.
The VietNam Veterans Home
Page is the great granddaddy of all sites related to the War in Vietnam.
It provides not only hours and hours of aimless (but incredibly interesting)
surfing, but also houses some important links for finding info on Vietnam
veterans. Their information index page is here.
A very thoroughly-prepared site with details about the 245 VietNam
Medal of Honor Recipients.
A large list of other memorial/casualty sites, not all from Vietnam,
can be found here.
Some overall casualty statistics from Vietnam (including NVA) can
be found here.
The Vietnam
War Internet Project page is an outgrowth of the USENET group soc.history.war.vietnam,
and includes the archives from that group. This page will also take you
to a very comprehensive bibliography
by Professor Edwin Moise of Clemson University, that covers all aspects
of the Vietnam War.
Things on the Web tend to change quickly. Let us know about broken or outdated links. Things are not always what they appear to be. Surf with caution!