Numbers on Nam

MICHIGAN VIETNAM MEMORIAL ISLAND PARK MT. PLEASANT, MI

THE NUMBERS ON NAM

Number of Americans in the military during the Vietnam war...............8,744,000
Number of Americans who served in Vietnam........................................2,700,000
Average age of U.S. combat personnel in Vietnam.............................................19
Number of women military personnel who served during Vietnam era.....193,000
Number of women killed in action in Vietnam.................................................8
Number of U.S. servicemen killed in combat in Vietnam.............................47,072
Number of U.S. officers killed in combat........................................................5,741
Number of U.S. enlisted men killed in combat..............................................41,331
Number of U.S. servicemen killed outside of combat in Vietnam..................10,449
Number of U.S. servicemen wounded in Vietnam........................................313,616
Number classified as seriously wounded....................................................153,300
Percentage of those seriously wounded who were saved................................. 82%
Percentage of wounded who died after arriving at hospital............................ 2.6%
Number of servicemen who lost at least one limb.......................................10,000
Number of U.S. servicemen killed in Laos and Cambodia................................. 81
Number of South Vietnamese military personnel killed during war......... 220,357
Number of South Vietnamese military personnel wounded.......................499,000
Estimated number of North Vietnamese military and Viet Cong KIA......444,000
Estimated number of Vietnamese civilians killed in war...........................587,000
Estimated number of Vietnamese civilians wounded in war......................935,000