How many soldiers from the U.S. served in vietnam?

Question

How many soldiers from the U.S. served in vietnam?

Answer 1

In 1968 we had almost 500,000 Troops in Vietnam, and that was the year of decision in Vietnam. Americans know that year that the war was lost. I also believe I read that 3,000,000 American Troops served in Vietnam. And many more in support in Thailand, Guam the Philippines and Japan and so on.

Answer 2

Over 8 million, 744 Thousand American military (About 4.5 Million in the Army) served during the Vietnamese War, and that does not count those prior to the buildup who were advisers! 540,000 in 1968, the year after I came home!

There are 58,229 names on the Vietnam Memorial! There were 153, 303 Wounded!

There were other troops as well as the Australian's and South Koreans, among others!

Iraq, like Vietnam, we don't even report how many of them are being killed or wounded in OUR war! The press just reports "American deaths"! Does that mean the British dead don't count?

Answer 3

I think that we are to old to still be serving. I got out in 1974 which is when Vietnam ended. So if a person enlisted then he/she would have to be in for over 30 years.

Answer 4

The FOIA site has the information...I do know that *More than a MILLION came home from Vietnam with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder!

*58,000 plus died in the Vietnam War. Over 150,000 have committed suicide due to PTSD since the war ended".

FOIA site is located at:
http://www.usdoj.gov/04foia/

PTSD info at:
http://joshua-omvig.memory-of.com/

Answer 5

So do you only unmarried out Cheney or do you say this about each man or woman who were given deferements? what do you say about Slick Willy Clinton who ran off to a unique united states of america and he commanded the protection stress as President yet Cheney is only vp, how come you do not factor out that, you come back for the time of as a common little Air stress REMF hypocrite. As a Vet of many years military I easily don't have any mission with all of us who receives deferements if thats what they needed to do good for them, what I easily have a mission with is COWARDS like Clinton and now his spouse and Obama who've 0 protection stress adventure and really contempt for protection stress human beings run for CinC, why do not you submit some thing about that CHI

Answer 6

58,000 were killed
304,000 wounded
May, 1961 - 400
July, 1964 - 21,000
End of 1965 - 184,000
August, 1966 - 429,000

Answer 7

I think at one point we had somewhere between 350,000 and 500,000 troops over there. Over 50,000 died.