Vietnam War Casualties

A UH-1 Iroquois Huey takes wounded from a Mobile Riverine Force Armored Troop Carrier (ATC), Vietnam
A UH-1 Iroquois "Huey" takes wounded from a Mobile Riverine Force Armored Troop Carrier (ATC), Vietnam.

Today in WW II: 25 May 1940 Boulogne, France is captured by the Germans. More ↓

25 May 1941 King George of Greece abandons Crete, relocating to Cairo in a narrow escape from German forces.
25 May 1942 Japanese attack force leaves Hokkaido for invasion of the Aleutians Islands, Alaska.
25 May 1945 Chiefs of Staff of US military set 1 November 1945 as start date for invasion of Japan [Operation Downfall]. The huge casualties of Downfall avoided by use of Atomic Bombs in Aug 1945.
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Vietnam War Killed, Injured and Missing

Vietnam War Casualty Summary
Casualty Type	Total	Army	Air Force	Marines	Navy
Killed in Action	40,934	27,047	1,080	11,501	1,306
Died of Wounds	5,289	3,604	51	1,482	152
Missing in Action - Declared Dead	1,085	261	589	98	137
Captured - Declared Dead	116	45	25	10	36
Total Hostile Deaths	47,424	30,957	1,745	13,091	1,631
Missing - Presumed Dead	123	118	0	3	2
Other Deaths	10,662	7,143	841	1,746	932
Total Non-Hostile Deaths	10,785	7,261	841	1,749	934
Total In-Theater Deaths*	58,209	38,218	2,586	14,840	2,565
Killed in Action - No Remains	622	181	221	123	97
Missing in Action - Declared Dead - No Remains	737	216	366	75	80
Captured - Declared Dead - No Remains	53	32	7	4	10
Non-hostile Missing - Presumed Dead - No Remains	97	92		3	2
Non-hostile Other Deaths - No Remains	336	70	30	37	199
Total - No Remains	1,845	591	624	242	388
Wounded - Not Mortal	153,303	96,802	931	51,392	4,178
Number Serving Worldwide**	8,744,000	4,368,000	1,740,000	794,000	1,842,000
Number Serving Southeast Asia**	3,403,000	2,276,000	385,000	513,000	229,000
Number Serving South Vietnam**	2,594,000	1,736,000	293,000	391,000	174,000
Inclusive dates are 1 November 1955 to 15 May 1975. Casualty dates after the end date represent service members who were wounded during the period and subsequently died as a result of those wounds and thoseservice members who where involved in an incident during the period and were later declared dead. *Estimated Figures Prepared by: U.S. Dept. of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports. Information as of 15 June 2004.

Casualties Of Other Nations

America's allies in the Vietnam War (Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and others) sustained casualties in proporation to their troop strength in Southeast Asia. The greatest casualties of any U.S. ally were suffered by the South Vietnamese forces -- between 1960 and 1975, the war cost the South Vietnamese military 275,000 combat deaths.

Hanoi acknowledges 1.1 million battle deaths among Communist forces.

Recommended Book about the Vietnam War

The Vietnam War Almanac