The first man to die in Vietnam was James
Davis, in 1958. He was with the 509th Radio Research Station. Davis
Station in Saigon was named for him.
Hostile deaths: 47,378
Non-hostile deaths: 10,800
Total: 58,202 (Includes men formerly
classified as MIA and Mayaguez
casualties). Men who have
subsequently died of wounds account
for the changing total.
8 nurses died -- 1 was KIA.
61% of the men killed were 21 or
younger.
11,465 of those killed were younger
than 20 years old.
Of those killed, 17,539 were
married. |
Average age of men killed: 23.1
years
Total Deaths: 23.11 years
Enlisted: 50,274 - 22.37 years
Officers: 6,598 - 28.43 years
Warrants: 1,276 - 24.73 years
E1: 525 - 20.34 years
11B MOS: 18,465 - 22.55 years
Five men killed in Vietnam were only
16 years old.
The oldest man killed was 62 years
old.
Highest state death rate: West
Virginia - 84.1% (national average
58.9% for every 100,000 males in
1970). |
Wounded: 303,704 -- 153,329
hospitalized + 150,375 injured
requiring no hospital care.
Severely disabled: 75,000, --
23,214: 100% disabled; 5,283 lost
limbs; 1,081 sustained multiple
amputations.
Amputation or crippling wounds to
the lower extremities were 300%
higher than in WWII and 70% higher
than Korea.
Multiple amputations occurred at the
rate of 18.4% compared to 5.7% in
WWII.
Missing in Action: 2,338
POWs: 766 (114 died in captivity)
As of January 15, 2004, there are
1,875 Americans still unaccounted
for from the Vietnam War. |