News traveled that fast back then and names were released on nightly news during the Vietnam War? Honestly, I don't know. Just asking.
Right. Back then there were three networks on TV.
Most nights, not every night, the network news would have a piece about the war but it would be just one of several stories covered.
Each network only had thirty minutes per night.
At the time, there would be a hundred, or two hundred, or three hundred Americans killed per week in the war.
Describing details about who and where would be as likely as doing the same for every motor vehicle victim today.
People too young to remember cannot possibly conceive of the difference between today's news saturation and the way things were reported in the sixties and seventies.