2007-01-19 16:06:16 · 17 answers · asked by consulhammer 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
52,000 americans were lost vietnam and about 2.4 million vietnamese were lost
2007-01-19 16:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by miller4000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even today the number of those killed, military and civilian, in the period covered (1959-1975) is open to debate and uncertainty. Here are 3 referenced works with their estimates:
Harry G. Summers, The Vietnam War Almanac. Novato CA: Presidio Press, 1985. reports U.S. killed in action, died of wounds, died of other causes, missing and declared dead - 57,690
Marc Leepson, ed, Webster's New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999. reports U.S. killed in action, etc. - 58,159
Edward Doyle, Samuel Lipsman, et al, Setting the Stage. Boston: Boston Publishing Company, 1981. reports U.S. - 57,605
What is remarkable about them is that the only ones that seem to match are the ones that must be, at best, approximations. Some references also differentiate between hostile and non-hostile casualities.
This link allows you to look up US casualities by state.
http://www.vietnamwar.com/casualtiescomp.htm
2007-01-20 00:23:09 · answer #2 · answered by faithy_q_t_poo 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was around 52000 in a 10 year war to many for what nothing just like iraq to date 3010 for what oil no land no so the iraqs can have freedom maybe the real reason saddam threaten bush sr life an that is the real one
2007-01-20 00:16:20 · answer #3 · answered by bigdogrex 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
58,229 Died! however that doesn't count all the suicides or deaths from Agent Orange and Blue, or many who died later of a war related injury! 1, 837 are unaccounted for in Vietnam!
2007-01-20 00:17:34 · answer #4 · answered by cantcu 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a few less than 50,000, but many more were wounded or missing. Also, over a quarter of a million of the US south Vietnamese allies were killed, and 1 in 10 of the entire Vietnamese population died.
2007-01-20 00:15:59 · answer #5 · answered by blahblah 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
About 58,226 American soldiers died in the war or are missing in action.
2007-01-20 00:15:05 · answer #6 · answered by paglaa_dashu 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
About 50,000 died relatively soon after being wounded. Many more were wounded and died much earlier than they would otherwise due to complications and were never counted as being killed by the war.
2007-01-20 00:13:14 · answer #7 · answered by anonimous 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
in the in the 18 years (Truman sent first advisors in 1954) we were there about 53000 Americans lost their lives at home 50,000 are killed every year in car wrecks! We are a nation of 300,000,000 (THREE HUNDRED MILLION!) we can't make policy on based on the loss of ONE HUNDREDTH of ONE PERCENT!!!
2007-01-20 02:41:34 · answer #8 · answered by badmts 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before or after the democrats cut off funding.
2007-01-20 00:14:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
58,700 so far. There are still about 15 or 1600 still unaccounted for.
2007-01-20 00:11:12 · answer #10 · answered by super682003 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋