How many Americans died in the Viet Nam war?
The source of these data is The Oxford Companion to American Military History. (Oxford University Press, 1999) US Military Casualties from the Vietnam War 1964-73: Total Deaths: 58,151 • Combat deaths: 47,355 • Other deaths: 10,796 Total Wounded: 153,303 Total Missing: 2,489 ———————————————————————————— For perspective, look at US military combat deaths for several wars: • WWII: 291,557 • Civil War: 212,938 • WWI: 53,402 • Vietnam War: 47,355 • Korean War: 33,746 • Revolutionary War: 8,000 • Iraq War: 3,249 to-date • Afghanistan: 305 to-date • Gulf War: 148 I have left numerous wars out; go to the link for the rest. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
