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uppityperson

(115,874 posts)
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 11:51 PM Jan 2014

Seeking vet friend from long ago

When I was in college in the early to mid-70's, I hung out with a group of vets, some Viet Nam, some other places but the same time period. I would love to find a couple of them as they were very important to me, but then I moved across the country. I do not know where to start. A basic search of their names with Viet Nam veteran doesn't give me much.

Search shows me a lot of sites, but many seem basic people search with payments required. Is there a site you'd recommend or a way to search otherwise?

Thank you.

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NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. Man. Good luck. First and last name, where they grew up, that's where I'd start.
Tue Jan 21, 2014, 11:56 PM
Jan 2014

Selective Service numbers would trace back to place of residence, I think, then check veterans' groups local to that home address?

I don't know. I guess we/they enjoyed an anonymity that we don't today.

Good, bad, who knows.

Good luck.

uppityperson

(115,874 posts)
5. Thanks, I think he wasn't, told me he "shot gooks". He was something and very special to me
Wed Jan 22, 2014, 12:17 AM
Jan 2014

A very conflicted but very fair caring person. I will check about another as he may have been. Thank you for the link. It was a long time ago and I never did let them know what they meant to the younger coming of age me. As I am aging, am thinking of it all again.

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