Search results
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.
- 405,000–627,000
- 1,353,000
- 444,000–666,000
- 282,000
Aug 23, 2022 · Find records of 58,220 U.S. military fatal casualties of the Vietnam War from the Defense Casualty Analysis System Extract Files. Search by casualty category, country, home state, and other fields via the Access to Archival Databases resource.
- 58,212
- 58,220
1 day ago · Not until 1995 did Vietnam release its official estimate of war dead: as many as 2 million civilians on both sides and some 1.1 million North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters. The U.S. military has estimated that between 200,000 and 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers died in the war.
- Ronald H. Spector
The U.S. military has estimated that between 200,000 and 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers died. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., lists more than 58,300 names of members of the U.S. armed forces who were killed or went missing in action.
The officially-reported numbers and categories below cover American Vietnam War deaths by age group, branch of service, service component, type of death, reason for death, race, religion, sex, state/protectorate and deaths by war year (including post-war).
Thus, the total for 1954 to 1975 is 81,000, from a range of between 57,000 and 284,000 deaths caused by South Vietnam. [34] Benjamin Valentino estimates 110,000–310,000 deaths as a "possible case" of "counter-guerrilla mass killings" by U.S. and South Vietnamese forces during the war. [245]
U.S. Military Casualties - Vietnam Conflict Casualty Summary. (As of May 9, 2024) 1 – 10 of 19. No Fear Act Notice. USA.gov. DHRA/DSS has determined that this application does not contain FOUO, CUI, or PII data. DCAS 3.0.35.
