VIETNAM WAR BY THE NUMBERS

MASSACHUSETTS KILLED - 1,331
California killed - 5,575
New York killed 4,119

Vermont killed 100
Wyoming killed 119

Total Record Deaths 58,220
Hostile Death  47,434
Non Hostile Death 10,786

1956-1959 4 deaths
1967 11,363 deaths
1968 11,899 deaths

Male deaths 58,212
Female deaths 8 (Nurses)

Regular Army 34,508 deaths
Selective Service 17,761 deaths (Draftees)
Reserve 5,762 deaths
National guard 97 deaths

Death by Grades;

E-1 - E-9   48,717
Officers 6,604
Warrant Officers W01-W04 1,277

Air Force  2,586 deaths
Army 38,274 deaths
Coast Guard 7 deaths
Marine Corps 14,844 deaths
Navy 2,599 deaths

Deaths by Race:

White  49,830 deaths
Black 7,243 deaths
Hispanic One Race 349 deaths
Native Hawaiian 229
Non-Hispanic  204 deaths
Asian 139 deaths
American Indian 226 deaths

Deaths by Major Religions:

Catholic 16,647 deaths
Protestants 16,647
Baptists 9,840 deaths
Jewish 270 deaths
Lutherans 2,253 deaths
Methodist 4,047
Presbyterian 1,303
Seventh-Day Adventists 116 deaths
Others

Information provided by The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration  1-866-272-6272.

This cultural impact reveals who really fought the War and were Killed:

Overwhelmingly the POOR -THE UNEDUCATED - AND THE UNLUCKY!

I WAS ONE LUCKY SOLDIER OF VIETNAM