Vietnam War Statistics Data Sheet

I. OFFICIAL CAMPAIGNS OF THE WAR IN VIETNAM

Vietnam Advisory Campaign (13 March 1962 -07 March 1965)
Vietnam Defense Campaign (08 March 1965-24 December 1965)
Vietnamese Counteroffensive Campaign (25 December 1965 -30 June 1966)
Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase II (01 July 1966-31 May 1967)
Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase III (01 June 1967 - 29 January 1968)
Tet Counteroffensive (30 January 1968 - 01 April 1968)
Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase IV (02 April 1968 - 30 June 1968)
Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase V (01 July 1968 -01 November 1968)
Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase VI (02 November 1968 - 22 February 1969)
Tet 69/Counter-offensive (23 February 1969 - 08 June 1969)
Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 (09 June 1969 - 31 October 1969)
Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 (01 November 1969 30 April 1970)
Sanctuary Counteroffensive (01 May 1970 -30 June 1970)
Vietnamese Counteroffensive Phase VII (01 July 1970 - 30 June 1971)
Consolidation I (01 July 1971 - 30 November 1971
Consolidation II (01 December 1971 - 29 March 1972)
Vietnam Ceasefire Campaign (30 March 1972 - 28 March 1973)

Vietnam Veterans: 9.7% of their generation.
9,087,000 military personnel served on active duty during the Vietnam era (August 5. 1964-May 7, 1975).
8,744,000 GI's were on active duty during the war (August 5. 1964 - March 28, 1973)
3,403,100 (including 514.300 off shore) personnel served in the Southeast Asia Theater (Vietnam. Laos, Cambodia, flight crews based in Thailand, and sailors in adjacent South China Sea waters)
2,594.000 personnel served within the borders of South Vietnam (January 1, 1965 - March 28, 1973)
Another 50,000 men served in Vietnam between 1960 and 1964.
Of the 2.6 million, between 1 - 1.6 million (40 - 60%) either fought in combat, provided close support or were at least fairly regularly exposed to enemy attack.
7,484 women (6,250 or 83.5% were nurses) served in Vietnam.
Peak troop strength in Vietnam: 543,482 (April 30, 1969).

Hostile deaths: 47,339.
Non-hostile deaths: 10,797
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.
Married men killed: 17,339.
61% of the men killed were 21 or younger.
Highest state death rate: West Virginia - 84.1 men per 100,000 males serving in Vietnam (national average 58.9 men for every 100.000 males serving in Vietnam. (Averaged 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 in Korea. Multiple amputations occurred at the rate of 18.4% compared to 57% in WWII.
Missing in Action: 2,338.
POWs: 766 (114 died in captivity).

25% of the total forces in country were draftees 648.500 as opposed to 66% of the ones in WWII.
Draftees accounted for 30.4% (17,125) of combat deaths in Vietnam.
Reservists killed: 5,977.
National Guard: 6,140 served 101 died.
Total draftees (1965-73): 1,728,344.
Actually served in Vietnam: 38%.
Marine Corps draft: 42,633.
Last man drafted: June 30, 1973

97% of Vietnam-era veterans were honorably discharged.
91% of actual Vietnam War veterans and 90% of those who saw heavy combat are proud to have served their country.
66% of Vietnam vets say they would serve again if called upon.
87% of the public now holds Vietnam veterans in high esteem

Vietnam War StatisticsGeorgia Department Veterans Service
Floyd Veterans Memorial Building E-970
Atlanta, Georgia 30034-4800