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Estimates of casualties of the Vietnam War vary widely. Estimates can include both civilian and military deaths in North and South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The war lasted from 1955 to 1975 and most of the fighting took place in South Vietnam; accordingly it suffered the most casualties.
- 444,000-666,000
- 282,000
- 1,353,000
Feb 1, 2024 · Vietnam War: U.S. military personnel and casualties 1964-1975. Total number of United States military personnel and casualties during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1975
Jun 23, 2024 · The U.S. military has estimated that between 200,000 and 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers died in the war. In 1982 the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C., inscribed with the names of 57,939 members of U.S. armed forces who had died or were missing as a result of the war.
- Ronald H. Spector
Feb 2, 2024 · Vietnam War: share of U.S. military deaths by race or ethnicity 1964-1975. Published by. Olan McEvoy , Feb 2, 2024. The United States military has a long history of ethnic minorities serving in...
Vietnam War: annual number of U.S. personnel deployed and battle deaths 1961-1972. U.S. military involvement in Vietnam accelerated after the passing of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution by...
[7] The conflict resulted in 58,279 U.S. military personnel deaths before the official end of U.S. combat operations in 1973. [8] . As of 2019, it was estimated that approximately 610,000 Vietnam veterans are still alive, making them the second largest group of American military veterans behind those of the war on terror. [3] .
Apr 23, 2014 · The thesis of Fredrik Logevall’s Pulitzer Prize winning history, “Embers of War,” is that the die for the tragedy of the American war in Vietnam had been decisively cast in the two decades preceding 1965, the year in which occurred the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the deployment of large units of American troops to Vietnam, and the start of ...
