19 (song) shoved into jungles and shot at." The title "19" comes from the documentary's claim that the average age of an American combat soldier in the war was 19, as compared to World War II's 26. This claim has since been disputed. Undisputed statistics do not exist, although Southeast Asia Combat Area Casualties Current File (CACCF), the source for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, shows a large number of deaths (38%) were ages 19 or 20. According to the same source, 23 is the average age at time of death (or time of declaration of death). The song also comments that while
Women in the Vietnam War around 11,000 Vietnamese women served their country during the Vietnam War, all of which were likely volunteers. They served in a variety of roles, but most of the women serving in South Vietnam were trained as nurses and government office clerks. For the Viet Cong women, they usually worked as truck drivers or were sent across the border to smuggle goods and equipment. A number of civilian Vietnamese women also served as volunteers for the Red Cross, Catholic Relief Services or other humanitarian organisations. While Vietnamese womem were active in combat, particularly women in the Viet Cong, the women most