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In total, 7,243 African Americans died during the Vietnam War, representing 12.4% of total casualties. [14] The refusal, by some southern communities, to bury dead African American soldiers in unsegregated cemeteries was met with outrage by African American communities.
The total number of American personnel who were KIA or died non-hostile deaths, were enlisted personnel with a casualty number of 50,441. The total number of officer casualties, commissioned and warrant, are 7,877. The following is a chart of all casualties, listed by ethnicity, and in descending order. [90]
Vietnam War: 1955–1975 47,434 10,786 58,220 153,303 211,454 1,584 ... "Deaths per day" is the total number of Americans killed in military service, divided by the ...
Vietnam War: 1.1–4.2 million [42] [43] [44] 1955–1975 North Vietnam and allies vs. South Vietnam and allies Indochina Nigerian Civil War: 3.04–4.1 million [45] [46] 1967–1970 Nigeria vs. Biafra: Nigeria French Wars of Religion: 2–4 million [47] 1562–1598 French catholics vs Huguenots: France Korean War: 2.5–3.5 million [48] [18 ...
American soldiers killed 504 people on March 16, 1968, in Son My, a collection of hamlets between the central Vietnamese coast and a ridge of misty mountains, in an incident known in the West as ...
A war casualty is a military person who is killed, wounded, imprisoned, or missing as a result of war; or a non-military person killed or wounded (civilian casualties). The term casualty is sometimes confused with the term fatality (death).
But there was one group who didn't have a voice at the time - service members fighting in Vietnam. Vietnam veterans honor soldiers killed overseas during 1968 DNC protests on 50th anniversary ...
The year was the most expensive in the Vietnam War with America spending US$77.4 billion (US$ 678 billion in 2025) on the war. The year also became the deadliest of the Vietnam War for America and its allies with 27,915 ARVN soldiers killed and the Americans suffering 16,592 killed compared to around two hundred thousand PAVN/VC killed.