VIETNAM WAR AMERICAN CASUALTIES
Branch
|
Battle Deaths
|
Other Causalities
|
Wounds Not Mortal
|
Total
|
TOTAL
|
47,356
|
10,795
|
153,303
|
211,324
|
Army
|
30,904
|
7,274
|
86,802
|
134,972
|
Navy
|
1,626
|
923
|
4,178
|
6,697
|
Marines
|
13,082
|
1,754
|
51,392
|
66,213
|
Air Force
|
1,739
|
842
|
931
|
3,435
|
A young Marine private waits on the beach during the Marine landing" August 3, 1965.
Assault on Hill 875, Vietnam, November 1967. Members of 173d Airborne Brigade load casualties for evacuation.
CC 44262 - OPERATION "MACARTHUR" 14-17 November 1967
14-17 November 1967 CC 44261 - OPERATION "MACARTHUR" A purple smoke bomb is ignited in the background to guide in a helicopter.
During Operation Tong Thang I., 05/13/1968
A helicopter prepares for a resupply mission, during the operation conducted 20 miles southwest of Dak To. 10-16 December 1967.
Operation Georgia -- Marines blow up bunkers and tunnels used by the Viet Cong., 05/05/1966
Weary men of the U.S. 173 Airborne Brigade pause for a moment's rest. American troops went to the top of hill 875 after some of the bloodiest fighting of the Vietnam War, 1967
A search and seizure phase of "Operation Pershing" in the village of Troun Lan, Binh Dinh Province, approximately 90 km northeast of An Khe. Taking a drink of fresh coconut milk during a break in the search for the enemy., 06/09/1967
An American soldier comforts his comrade who has broken down
Following a hard day, a few soldiers gather around a guitar player and sing a few songs., 01/18/1968.
A lookout post watching for Vietcong
Operation "Oregon," a search and destroy mission conducted by infantry platoon of Troop B. An infantryman is lowered into a tunnel by members of the reconnaissance platoon, April 24, 1967.
Members of U.S. Navy SEAL Team One move down Bassac River in a SEAL Team assault boat, November 19, 1967.
Soldiers carry a wounded comrade through a swampy area., 1969.
The American soldier keeps a battery pack dry as he wades through a muddy hole while on a search mission 12 miles south-southwest of DaNang Vietnam.
SHERIDAN LIGHT TANK NEAR CHU LAI, AUG. 1970
Marines riding atop an M-48 tank, covering their ears, April 3, 1968.
Moving along rice paddy dikes in pursuit of the Viet Cong., 12/10/1965.
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