Veterans in Kentucky
According to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Kentucky is home to 330,599 veterans, with 249,713 having served during wartime, and 80,886 during peacetime. Of the wartime vets, eras of service are as follows: 249,713 during the Gulf War, 111,217 during Vietnam, 25,581 during the Korean Conflict, and 11,693 during World War II.
306,106 of Kentucky’s veterans are men, and 24,493 are women.