Actual Vietnam War Combat Footage

"Lest We Forget"

   

Average age of 58,148 killed in Vietnam was 23.11 years. (Although 58,169 names are in the Nov. 93 database, only 58,148 have both event date and birth date. ( Event date is used instead of declared dead date for some of those who were listed as missing in action) [CACF]

  Deaths        Number          Average Age      
      Total     58,148          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
      USMC 0351 1,122           20.46 years
      11B MOS   18,465          22.55 years

One man killed in Vietnam was only 16 years old (RABER, PAUL J.)  [CACF]

The oldest man killed was 62 years old (TAYLOR, KENNA CLYDE). [CACF]

11,465 KIAs were less than 20 years old. [CACF]

Branch of service	Number serving Worldwide	Number serving Southeast Asia	Number serving South Vietnam	Killed	Wounded	Missing
Army	4,368,000	2,276,000	1,736,000	38,209	96,802	532 {A}
Marines	794,000	513,000	391,000	14,844	51,392	212 {B}
Navy	1,842,000	229,000	174,000	2,566	4,178	365 {C}
Air Force	1,740,000	385,000	293,000	2,586	931	532 {D}
Coast Guard				7	59	0 {E}
Civilians				49[37]		31 {F}
Total	8,744,000	3,403,000	2,594,000	58,269	153,303	1,672

South Vietnamese military deaths^[3]

Year	Regular	RF/PF	Para	Total
1966	4,418	7,535	-	11,953
1967	6,110	6,606	-	12,716
1968	12,930	11,393	3,592	27,915
1969	8,652	10,286	2,895	21,833
1970	9,647	11,738	1,961	23,346
1971	8,864	13,118	756	22,738
1972	38,697		890	39,587

North Vietnamese Deaths

According to the government in Hanoi, 1,100,000 North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong military personnel died during the Vietnam War^[4] Rummel reviewed the many casualty data sets, and this number is in keeping with his mid-level estimate of 1,011,000 North Vietnamese combatant deaths.^[1] He further calculated a mid-level estimate of 251,000 Viet Cong military deaths.^[5] Thus, Viet Cong forces accounted for about 22% of the total communist military deaths. What percent of the 849,000 North Vietnamese regulars died in South Vietnam is unknown, but a reasonable assumption is the vast majority occurred in South Vietnam. If 80% of the North Vietnamese casualties died in South Vietnam, this equals 680,000 men, plus 251,000 Viet Cong for a total 931,000 deaths.