How Many American Soldiers Died In Vietnam In 1971

1 january may 1971.
How many american soldiers died in vietnam in 1971. Johnson listing of 496 pows including 25 civilians who died in north korea can be found here and there. The following tables were generated from the vietnam conflict extract data file of the defense casualty analysis system dcas extract files which is current as of april 29 2008. Project copper was an unsuccessful operation to use three central intelligence agency cia trained cambodian irregular force battalions to interdict the sihanouk trail one battalion deserted one mutinied during training the third suffered extensive casualties and had to be. Military fatal casualties of the vietnam war.
Ap photo jacques tonnaire 111 a south vietnamese marine carries the dead body of a comrade killed on route 1 about seven miles south of quang tri sunday april 30 1972. By nearly every metric the vietnam war was in the common sense of the word a war the united states committed some 550 000 troops to the vietnam front at the height of the conflict suffered more than 58 000 casualties and engaged in battle after battle with communist forces in the region until its withdrawal in 1973. Us kia 336 325 302 230 250 239 225 216 213 196 178 157. Jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec.
Dha 520 662 944 710 1233 830 781 535 775 733 881 774 doc 112 88 142 116 147 99 249 122 119 168 137 181 wrd 3456. The study came up with a most likely vietnamese death toll of 882 000 which included 655 000 adult males above 15 years of age 143 000 adult females and 84 000 children. Death by rank there were 7 878 1 american officers died in vietnam war including 1 278 warrant officers 2 981 lieutenant 2 045 captain 898 major lt commander 426 lt colonel commander 238 colonel and 12 who had reached the rank of general. Numbers certainly do not tell the whole story or all of them but they certainly paint a picture of lives lost and families devastated.
While herbicides containing dioxin were banned for use by the u s. America paid a terrible price for its involvement in the vietnam war nearly 60 000 killed in action over 150 000 wounded and some 1 600 missing. Jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec. A 1995 demographic study in population and development review calculated 791 000 1 141 000 war related vietnamese deaths both soldiers and civilians for all of vietnam from 1965 75.
The vietnam conflict extract data file of the defense casualty analysis system dcas extract files contains records of 58 220 u s. Vietnam war deaths and casualties by month. North korea cold war 1959 1968 1969 1976 1984 killed 41. Department of agriculture in 1968 spraying of agent orange continues in vietnam until 1971.
Military personnel in south vietnam totaled 334 600 on 31 december 1970.