Over 2 million soldiers of both sides were wounded in the war but not killed. Vietnam War Casualties 1955-1975 America paid a terrible price for its involvement in the Vietnam War - nearly 60000 killed-in-action over 150000 wounded and some 1600 missing.
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Vietnam war us casualties. Deaths Per 100000 Pop. 2518 Persian Gulf Waro. 931 No Hospital Care.
1736000 were US Army. Based on 1970 US Census. 736 or 96 were white.
Casualties by US States of the Union. Death by Casualties Type Among 58220 US. A low figure is 110357 killed in action while other figures range as many as 184000 or even as high as 250000 6.
See also Casualties of the conflict in Iraq since 2003. Peak troop strength in Vietnam was 543482 on 30 April 1969. Military estimated that approximately 200000 to 250000 South Vietnamese perished in the Vietnam War.
Soldiers perished and categorized the deaths as follows. This number accounts for casualties on both sides of the conflict. Has the names listed in chronological order by date of loss.
Iraq War. In 1982 the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington DC inscribed with the names of 57939 members of US. Officer casualties of all branches were overwhelmingly white.
US Army unit index of Vietnam War Casualties. All their names were honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington DC. Casualties as of 2 June 2013.
Some names are missing from the unit index pages and some small units are missing. 37202 Air Force 1740000 2586 1745 841 Hosp. United States armed forces.
The United States committed some 550000 troops to the Vietnam front at the height of the conflict suffered more than 58000 casualties and engaged in battle after battle with communist forces in the region until its withdrawal in 1973. Military casualties were 11 million killed and 600000 wounded in 21 years of war. 7484 women served in Vietnam of whom 6250 or 835 were nurses.
84 rows Vietnam War prior to 1964-US Casualties were Laos 2 killed in 1954. In PDF format sorted alphabetically by last name of casualty American Samoa Guam Puerto Rico Virgin Islands Canal Zone Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota. Memorial pages honoring Vietnam War casualties listed by their last names.
And Vietnam 19461954 2 killed see. Casualties estimates of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam ARVN casualties vary. These numbers are not official statistics and are for informational purposes only.
According to the last update in 2008 from the National Archives there were 58220 US. Lists and Statistics Congressional Research Service 3 Casualties War or Conflict Branch of Service Number Serving Total Deaths Battle Deaths Other Deaths Wounds Not Mortala Care. American War and Military Operations Casualties.
The Hanoi government revealed on April 4 that the true civilian casualties of the Vietnam War were 2000000 in the north and 2000000 in the south. At this time our unit index pages are not complete. Military has estimated that between 200000 and 250000 South Vietnamese soldiers died in the war.
58286 KIA or non-combat deaths including the missing deaths in captivity 153303 WIA. 1645 MIA originally 2646 725-837 POW 660-721 freedescaped 65-116 died in captivity During the Vietnam War 30 of wounded service members died of. 24 or3 were Asian 7 or08 were Amer Indian and 104 13 were unidentified by race.
Of the 7877 officer casualties 7595 or 964 were white 147 or 18 were black. Military fatal casualties during the Vietnam War. Approximately 2594000 US Servicemen served in country during the Vietnam War.
Vietnam War prior to 1964-US Casualties were Laos-2 killed in 1954. Compared to the solid estimates of US. Although the records may not be complete the US.
National Archives shows that 58220 US. Fatal casualties there were 47434 hostile deaths and 10786 non-hostiles. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC.
These alphabetical indexes are for your convenience but do not represent the order of names on the Wall. There were 14 million casualties during the Vietnam War. The United States deployed over 25 million soldiers to.
