Kelsey Grammer still feels 'sense of smallness' for not serving in military: 'I do my best to make up for it'

Kelsey Grammer feels he missed an opportunity to give back to his country by not serving in the military when he was younger.During a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 71-year-old actor discussed his latest project, "America the Beautiful," a 40-minute giant screen documentary, and why he always does his best to "show up for the military" when he is able to."I will always have an annoying sort of sense of smallness that I didn't serve, but I do my best to make up for it," he said.He explained that despite feeling that way, he is unsure if he would have made a different decision if given the opportunity to do his life over again, noting, "It was a really interesting time."Grammer admits to feeling "a sense of smallness" because he never served in the military.(Paul Morigi/Getty Images)HOLLYWOOD MARINE VETERAN ROB RIGGLE DOUBTS MODERN STARS WOULD MAKE JIMMY STEWART'S WWII SACRIFICEWATCH: Kelsey Grammer feels a ‘sense of smallness’ for not having served in the militaryWhen he was a young man, he said that the Vietnam War was "sort of in full flair," and that he had signed up for the draft and was ready to go fight had his number been drawn, but said, "President Nixon pulled us out just before I would have gone down to get my number.""So I was thankful for not having to go, make that decision, but I would've gone.

If my number had been up, I woulda gone.But I was, I was thankful not to," he said.

"I used to work in San Diego, it was one of my first jobs at the Shakespeare Festival there, and I would go over to the Point Loma Military Graveyard and have a lunch sometimes, and I'd sit next to this cross that I'd found of a young man who was really only eight months older than I was, who had died in Vietnam.And it just broke my heart."Grammer said he used to eat lunch at a military cemetery when working at the Shakespeare Festival.

(Mario Tama/Getty Images)As a father, Grammer says he speaks to his children about the many sacrifices people have made to ens...