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Interesting Vietnam War Facts.
USA:
2,709,918 American served in uniform in Vietnam.
85% of returning Vietnam Veterans successfully adapted to civilian life.
Drug usage of Vietnam Veterans is the same as as people who are non Vietnam Veterans of the same age group.
86% of Americans who died in Vietnam were Caucasians 1.2% were other races, 12.5% were black
Because of the Vietnam war south easy Asia did not become a communist hot spot the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand stayed free of communist conflict because of the Vietnam war.
During world war 2 infantryman in the south pacific saw on average 40 days of combat in 4 years. During the Vietnam war an infantryman saw 240 days of combat in 1 year.
58,272 Americans were killed during Vietnam, 303,635 wounded were wounded out of 2.7 million who served.
75,000 Vietnam Veterans were disabled.
87% of Americans have a great deal of respect for Vietnam Veterans.
5 men in Vietnam who were killed were only 16 year of age.
The oldest man killed in Vietnam was 62 years old.
Average age of Americans killed in Vietnam is 22.8
As of July 2011, 1687 Americans are still unaccounted for in Vietnam.
97% of Vietnam Veterans were honorably discharge, 91% of Vietnam Veterans were they are glad they served.
All told, the U.S. Air Force flew 5.25 million sorties over South Vietnam, North Vietnam, northern and southern Laos, and Cambodia, losing 2,251 aircraft: 1,737 to hostile action, and 514 to operational causes. 110 of the losses were helicopters and the rest fixed-wing. A ratio of roughly 0.4 losses per 1,000 sorties compared favorably with a 2.0 rate in Korea and the 9.7 figure during World War II
Twenty-one aircraft carriers conducted 86 war cruises and operated 9,178 total days on the line in the Gulf of Tonkin. 530 aircraft were lost in combat and 329 more to operational causes. Resulting in the deaths of 377 naval aviators, with 64 airmen reported missing and 179 taken prisoner-of-war.
U.S. Marine Corps aircraft lost in combat included 193 fixed-wing and 270 rotary wing aircraft.
U.S. Army lost around 5086 rotary wing aircraft.
Vietnam:
According to the Vietnamese government, there were 1,100,000 North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong military personnel deaths during the Vietnam War
The Vietnamese communist government in 1995 estimated that 2,000,000 Vietnamese civilians on both sides died in the war.
North Vietnamese aircraft
Fixed-wing losses:
Claimed by US (air to air combat only)
Antonov An-2 4
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 110
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 10
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 90
Claimed by VPAF: 146 MiG aircraft lost through all causes, including 131 in air combat
People's Republic of China aircraft (Communist China)
Fixed-wing losses (air to air combat only):
MiG-17 Fresco 3 thought to be shot down
Others:
South Korea:
5,099 KIA
11,232 WIA
4 MIA
China
1,446 KIA
Soviet Union
~16.
Philippines
7 men KIA
2 men MIA
Thailand
351 KIA
1,358 WIA
Australia
426 KIA, 74 died of other causes
2,940 WIA
6 MIA (All have been accounted for and have been repatriated)
New Zealand
55 KIA + 2 Civilians
212 WIA
DPRK:Several dozen.
USA:
2,709,918 American served in uniform in Vietnam.
85% of returning Vietnam Veterans successfully adapted to civilian life.
Drug usage of Vietnam Veterans is the same as as people who are non Vietnam Veterans of the same age group.
86% of Americans who died in Vietnam were Caucasians 1.2% were other races, 12.5% were black
Because of the Vietnam war south easy Asia did not become a communist hot spot the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand stayed free of communist conflict because of the Vietnam war.
During world war 2 infantryman in the south pacific saw on average 40 days of combat in 4 years. During the Vietnam war an infantryman saw 240 days of combat in 1 year.
58,272 Americans were killed during Vietnam, 303,635 wounded were wounded out of 2.7 million who served.
75,000 Vietnam Veterans were disabled.
87% of Americans have a great deal of respect for Vietnam Veterans.
5 men in Vietnam who were killed were only 16 year of age.
The oldest man killed in Vietnam was 62 years old.
Average age of Americans killed in Vietnam is 22.8
As of July 2011, 1687 Americans are still unaccounted for in Vietnam.
97% of Vietnam Veterans were honorably discharge, 91% of Vietnam Veterans were they are glad they served.
All told, the U.S. Air Force flew 5.25 million sorties over South Vietnam, North Vietnam, northern and southern Laos, and Cambodia, losing 2,251 aircraft: 1,737 to hostile action, and 514 to operational causes. 110 of the losses were helicopters and the rest fixed-wing. A ratio of roughly 0.4 losses per 1,000 sorties compared favorably with a 2.0 rate in Korea and the 9.7 figure during World War II
Twenty-one aircraft carriers conducted 86 war cruises and operated 9,178 total days on the line in the Gulf of Tonkin. 530 aircraft were lost in combat and 329 more to operational causes. Resulting in the deaths of 377 naval aviators, with 64 airmen reported missing and 179 taken prisoner-of-war.
U.S. Marine Corps aircraft lost in combat included 193 fixed-wing and 270 rotary wing aircraft.
U.S. Army lost around 5086 rotary wing aircraft.
Vietnam:
According to the Vietnamese government, there were 1,100,000 North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong military personnel deaths during the Vietnam War
The Vietnamese communist government in 1995 estimated that 2,000,000 Vietnamese civilians on both sides died in the war.
North Vietnamese aircraft
Fixed-wing losses:
Claimed by US (air to air combat only)
Antonov An-2 4
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 110
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 10
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 90
Claimed by VPAF: 146 MiG aircraft lost through all causes, including 131 in air combat
People's Republic of China aircraft (Communist China)
Fixed-wing losses (air to air combat only):
MiG-17 Fresco 3 thought to be shot down
Others:
South Korea:
5,099 KIA
11,232 WIA
4 MIA
China
1,446 KIA
Soviet Union
~16.
Philippines
7 men KIA
2 men MIA
Thailand
351 KIA
1,358 WIA
Australia
426 KIA, 74 died of other causes
2,940 WIA
6 MIA (All have been accounted for and have been repatriated)
New Zealand
55 KIA + 2 Civilians
212 WIA
DPRK:Several dozen.
