Vietnam Veterans in Congress

This list is way out of date. We will either remove it or have someone update it this year (1999). If you would like to volunteer to help us update and maintain this section, please send email to Bill McBride

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Note: 54 of the 100 members are veterans.
"#" in front of the name indicates a combat veteran.

• # Daniel K. Akaka (D- HI)
  Army Corps of Engineers, 1945-47

• Robert F. Bennett (R- UT)
  National Guard, 1857-61

• Jeff Bingaman (D- NM)
  Army Reserve, 1968-74

• Bill Bradley (D- NJ)
  Air Force Reserve, 1967-78

• # Hank Brown (R- CO)
  Navy, 1962-66

• Richard H Bryan (D- NV)
  Army, 1959-60

• # Dale Bumpers (D- ARK)
  Marine Corps, 1943-46

• Conrad Burns (R- MT)
  Marine Corps, 1955-57

• # Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R- CO)
  Air Force, 1951-53

• # John H. Chafee (R- RI)
  Marine Corps, 1942-45
  Marine Corps, 1951-52

• Daniel R. Coats (R- IN)
  Army Corps of Engineers, 1966-68

• Thad Cochran (R- MS)
  Navy, 1959-61

• Paul Coverdale (R- GA)
  Army, 1962-64

• Larry E. Craig (R- ID)
  National Guard, 1970-71

• Tom Daschle (D- SD)
  Air Force, 1969-72

• Christopher J. Dodd (D- CT)
  Army Reserve, 1969-75

• # Bob Dole (R- KS)
  Army, 1943-48

• # Jim Exon (D- NEB)
  Army, 1941-45
  Army Reserve, 1945-49

• Lauch Faircloth (R- NC)
  Army, 1954-55

• Wendell H. Ford (D- KY)
  Army, 1945-46
  National Guard, 1949-62

• #John Glenn (D- OH)
  Marine Corps, 1942-65

• Slade Gorton (R-WA)
  Army, 1945-46
  Air Force, 1953-55
  Air Force Reserve, 1956-81

• Tom Harkin (D-IA)
  Navy, 1962-67
  Naval Reserve, 1968-74

• # Mark O. Hatfield (R-OR)
  Navy, 1943-46

• # Howell Heflin (D- ALA)
  Marine Corps, 1942-46

• Jesse Helms (R- NC)
  Navy, 1942-45

• # Ernest F. Hollings (D- SC)
  Army, 1942-45

• James M. Inhofe (R- OK)
  Army, 1954-56

• # Daniel K. Inouye (D- HI)
  Army, 1943-47

• James M. Jeffords (R- VT)
  Navy, 1956-59
  Naval Reserve, 1959-Present

• J. Bennett Johnston (D- LA)
  Army, 1956-59

• Edward M. Kennedy (D-MASS)
  Army, 1951-53

• # Bob Kerry (D-NE)
  Navy, 1966-69

• # John Kerry (D-MASS)
  Navy, 1968-69

• Herb Kohl (D- WI)
  Army Reserve, 1958-64

• Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ)
  Army, 1942-46)

• Richard G. Lugar (R- IN)
  Navy, 1957-60)

• # John R. McCain (R- AZ)
  Navy, 1958-81

• Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D- NY)
  Naval Reserve. 1944-66)

• Frank H. Murkowski (R- AK)
  Coast Guard, 1955-56

• Don Nickles (R- OK)
  National Guard, 1970-76

• Sam Nunn (D -GA)
  Coast Guard, 1959-60
  Coast Guard Reserve, 1960-66

• # Claiborne Pell (D- RI)
  Coast Guard, 1941-45

• # Larry Pressler (R- SD)
  Army, 1966-68

• # Charles S. Robb (D- VA)
  Marine Corps, 1961-70
  Marine Corps Reserve, 1970-91

• # William V. Roth, Jr. (R-DEL)
  Army, 1943-46

• Paul Simon (D- IL)
  Army, 1951-53

• Alan K. Simpson (R-WYO)
  Army, 1954-56

• # Robert C. Smith (R- NH)
  Navy, 1965-67

• Arlen Specter (R- PA)
  Air Force, 1951-53

• # Ted Stevens (R- AK)
  Army Air Corps, 1943-46

• Craig Thomas (R- WYO)
  Marine Corps, 1955-59

• # Strom Thurmond (R- SC)
  Army, 1942-46
  Army Reserve, 1924-60 (As printed, may be typo)

• # John R. Warner (R- VA)
  Navy, 1944-46
  Marine Corps, 1950-52
  

Additional Information on Vietnam Veterans in the U.S. Senate

Name:......................................... J. Robert "Bob" Kerrey. For bio, click Here
State:......................................... Nebraska (D)
Vietnam Service:.......................... USN, Date, SEALS,
Phone:........................................ (202)
Phone:........................................ (202) (Washington D.C.)
Fax:..............................................
Other:.......................................... Only current member of Congress holding the Congressional Medal of Honor

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Name:......................................... Charles Robb
State:......................................... Virginia (D)
Vietnam Service:.......................... USMC, Date, Organization,
Phone:........................................ (202) 224-4024
Phone:........................................ (202) (Washington D.C.)
Fax:.............................................. (202) 224-6755
Email:........................................... senator_robb@robb.senate.gov Other:..........................................

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