Should Vietnam-era Vets be addressed as "Vietnam Vets"?

This is a myth, not any kind of rule. The positioning of rank insignia is a matter of tradition in each country.

I was drafted in September of 1969. After Basic, AIT, and Jump School I had orders for Vietnam. I went home to Texas on leave and then reported to Ft Lewis Washington for my jump off point. I was there for ten days next thing I know, I get new orders cut sending me to Korea. This was around April of 1970. My MOS was 11B and we go where the Army needs us, we don't get a say. So my opinion is I don't care what they call me. The Army sent me to Ft Ord after Korea and then to Hawaii. By that time Vietnam was over so I went back to Korea two more times because that was as close as you could get to actually doing what infantrymen are trained to do.

You may not have faced more horrifying civil battles here in California

I was drafted in April 1969 in turned enlisted in the Navy! The I had just lost 2 friends in Vietnam in 67 and 68. After boot camp my orders were to the United States Naval Base Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico! Now fast forward to today and when I see a Vietnam Vet, I say Welcome Brother! We all went through the same harassment at home! Walking down the street home on boot camp leave, a lady I had known my whole life spit on me! I was wearing my dress blues at the time! My little hometown had less than a 1000 people! A welcome home is the best way to greet a Vietnam Vet!

PFC Kay Armstrong - No, you aren't. You are a Vietnam ERA veteran.

Brad Miller define snark

Brad Miller - I joined! They didn't send me to Viet Nam as a medic because enlisted women didn't go, but you can't change my paperwork. I think you are just a bitter old JERK!

PFC Kay Armstrong I tried to enlist. Got a P-3 in 1983.
It isn't YOUR fault you didn't go.
But you DIDN'T go, and claiming you did is a lie.
Respect for your service, but don't try and steal credit.

PO1 (Join to see) - Anonymous? Seriously?

I put my life on the line every day fighting the Cold War. I was a ASW crewman flying P-2’s. I was there when they flew our converted planes for VO-67. If you never heard of it look them up. I knew many of the casualties. I am sensitive to the term Vietnam Vet, mostly because I don’t want to mis represent my service. But I’m proud to be a Vietnam Era veteran. FYI, Veterans of WWII were WWII veterans. Many never served in combat but we don’t strip them the honor of serving in WWII. I have never heard them called WWII era veterans. The same was true of WWI, and Korean War. The main reason I make the distinction for myself is because of the baseless claim those who were there are the only Vietnam Vets. There were lots of support staff there too. They never served in combat either. And your comment about why everyone didn’t go there is preposterous.

PO2 Timothy Hinds - Combat, non-combat -- if you were IN COUNTRY, your life was at risk. I was young then, but I watched the news every night -- the bombings, the terrorist attacks, the rockets -- even "non-combat" personnel were at risk.
If you are in Alabama or Germany, drunks are your biggest threat, not some idealist with a bomb and an SMG.

No sweat, The Vietnam pin is so tiny no one can see it. The ones who came up with the pin didn't even know it was a conflict, not a war. Some times the VA makes mistakes.