THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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303, 000
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400, 000
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58, 000
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File of the Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) Extract Files contains records of 58, 220 U.S. military fatal casualties of the Vietnam War. These records were transferred into the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration in 2008.
Detailed explanation-2: -By November 1967, the number of American troops in Vietnam was approaching 500, 000, and U.S. casualties had reached 15, 058 killed and 109, 527 wounded.
Detailed explanation-3: -Most of the 354, 000 men in Project 100, 000 went to Vietnam, and about half of those in Vietnam were assigned to combat units. Their death toll was appalling. A total of 5, 478 of these men died while in the service, most of them in combat.
Detailed explanation-4: -From 1965 to 1975, nearly 500, 000 Marines served in Southeast Asia. Of these, nearly 13, 000 were killed and 52, 000 wounded; nearly a third of all American causalities sustained during the war.