In his song 'Terrorist' the artist Lowkey asserts:
When more Vietnam vets kill themselves
After the war than died in it?
Is this true?
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Sign up to join this communityIn his song 'Terrorist' the artist Lowkey asserts:
When more Vietnam vets kill themselves
After the war than died in it?
Is this true?
Looks like bad data:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2343923
Old (1990) data, but estimating 9,000 suicides amongst the Vietnam vets.
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/07/opinion/l-how-many-suicides-by-vietnam-vets-841091.html
Again, old, but with the same number.
While I find the 50,000+ numbers in various places none are high quality. I strongly suspect that the 50,000+ numbers count all military suicides, not merely Vietnam.