9 Jul 1943 US-British invasion of Sicily begins [night of 9-10 Jul]. 9 Jul 1944 British and Canadian forces capture Caen from the Germans, a critical post-D-Day objective in Normandy, France. 9 Jul 1944 US forces reach the northern end of Saipan, finding thousands of Japanese civilian men, women, and children who commit suicide by leaping off the cliffs rather than be captured. Visit the Olive-Drab.com World War II Timeline for day-by-day events 1939-1945! See also WW2 Books.
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.
