The total number of U.S. Army Tankers (enlisted men with MOS 11E10, 11E20, 11E40, and Officers with MOS 1203) killed in the Republic of Vietnam is 725. To put this in perspective it must be understood that only 2,720 men served as tankers in Vietnam from 1966 to 1971. This represents a loss rate of 27%, the highest loss-rate for any MOS in any branch during the war. I am a Vietnam infantry and armor combat vet, 69-71,retired ILARNG, retired state police officer (firearms instructor), 2nd Amendment believer with no unconstitutional reservations whatsoever, contributer to several Chicago area talk radio shows, experienced auto mechanic, conservative constitutionalist who is frequently disappointed with the lack of conservative principle in much of the Republican Party but reluctantly allies with them, amateur historian, and a black man who is attempting to divine how to woo the black community from the pernicious grip of liberals and or Democrats.