Approximately 6,600 US military officers from all branches were killed in the war.
6,604 Warrant Officers and Commissioned Officers.
Approximately 6,600 US MILITARY officers and nearly 15,000 US Marines were killed in Vietnam. An educated estimation of USMC officer losses during the war might be about 2,000 or 3,000 US Marine Corps officers killed during the conflict; given the tradition of the "leading from the front" and aggressiveness of the Marine Corps. US Army officer losses were also high, but army officers tend to let the air support and artillery do most of the fighting before they'll march into the woodline. US Air Force officer losses were primarily jet pilots and their aircrewmen.
Over 52,000 US enlisted men were killed, and approximately 6,600 officers died in Vietnam.
The Vietnam government claimed that about 400,000 Vietnamese were killed by America in Vietnam.
Historians estimate, that approximately 200,000 South Vietnamese servicemen of the Army Republic South Vietnam (ARVN), South Vietnamese Marines, Air Force & Navy were killed during the Vietnam War.
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Approximately 6,600 US MILITARY officers and nearly 15,000 US Marines were killed in Vietnam. An educated estimation of USMC officer losses during the war might be about 2,000 or 3,000 US Marine Corps officers killed during the conflict; given the tradition of the "leading from the front" and aggressiveness of the Marine Corps. US Army officer losses were also high, but army officers tend to let the air support and artillery do most of the fighting before they'll march into the woodline. US Air Force officer losses were primarily jet pilots and their aircrewmen.
Over 52,000 US enlisted men were killed, and approximately 6,600 officers died in Vietnam.
Approximately 293,000 USAF Airmen (counting officers) served in Vietnam. Over 5,000 US Aircrewmen were killed in the war, from all branches.
58,209 dead. 153,303 wounded. 2,489 were missing in action.
Approximately 1,971 US Army 1st & 2nd Lieutenants were killed in Vietnam. Approximately 593 US Marine Corps 1st & 2nd LT's were killed. Approximately 171 US Navy Ensigns & LT Junior Grades were killed. Approximately 244 US Air Force 1st & 2nd LT's were killed.
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The Vietnam government claimed that about 400,000 Vietnamese were killed by America in Vietnam.
During WW2 & and possibly Korea, the US military utilized some ENLISTED MEN as pilots. By Vietnam, all US Military pilots were officers. Therefore: approximately 6,600 US Military officers were killed in the war. The USAF lost about 2,584 men and the USN lost about 2,555 men. The USAF and USN together lost well over 2,000 fixed wing aircraft. The US Army lost well over 8,000 rotor-wing aircraft. Approximately 2,000 US UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter crewmen died in the war. Figuring 10,000 plus shot down aircraft/6600 dead officers/subtracting the ground officers (US Army/US Marine Corps/US Navy Riverine Forces/etc)...an educated calculation of US military pilots killed in the Vietnam War would be between 2,000 and 3,000 Airmen.
Vietnam war casualties were approximately as follows : - USA : 58,209 KIA (killed in action) - North Vietnam Army + NLF (communists fighting in South Vietnam, often called Viet Cong) : 800'000 KIA (+300'000 MIA : missing in action) - Vietnamese civillians : from 900'000 to 4'000'000 killed - South Vietnam Army : 250'000 KIA + casualties from allied countries, like Australia or South Korea.
There were approximately 1,374 Officers commissioned into the US Army in 2009.
508 - 478 Army - 14 RAAF - 9 NAVY - 7 civillians - 6 servicemen were also declared missing in action. It is believed that they were killed but it has never been confirmed.
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