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And when it came, the voluntary army looked more like America. National Journal noted in May 2004 that the U.S. population was 69 percent white, 12 percent black, and 11 percent Hispanic. Deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan were 71 percent white, 12 percent black, and 11 percent Hispanic. (The balance was Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, foreigners who volunteered, and others.) Unlike Vietnam, it is hard to argue that some racial groups are suffering casualties disproportionately. It is a myth that blacks suffered disproportional to whites in Vietnam. As the table below shows, 12.4% of deaths in Vietnam were black and 86.1% were white. Compared to the ratio of black/whites in the population, whites died at a rate higher than blacks. Source
- U.S. MILITARY CASUALTIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA -
- DEATHS BY RACE AND PAY GRADE -
- REFLECTS POSTHUMOUS PROMOTIONS -
- AS OF MARCH 31, 1997 -
Since 1997 71 names have been added to the memorial
that are not show in the stats below. |
RANK
PAY GRADE |
WHITE |
BLACK |
ASIAN |
AMERICAN
INDIAN |
OTHER |
TOTAL |
MAJ GENERAL
REAR ADMIRAL (U) |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
BRIG GENERAL
REAR ADM (L)/COMMODORE |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
COLONEL
CAPTAIN |
233 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
238 |
LT COLONEL
COMMANDER |
410 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
426 |
MAJOR
LT COMMANDER |
863 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
25 |
898 |
CAPTAIN
LIEUTENANT |
1,948 |
44 |
1 |
3 |
49 |
2,045 |
1ST LIEUTENANT
LIEUTENANT (JG) |
2,088 |
48 |
11 |
2 |
26 |
2,175 |
2ND LIEUTENANT
ENSIGN |
789 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
806 |
W-04
CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
W-03
CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER |
59 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
61 |
W-02
CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER |
281 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
290 |
W-01
WARRANT OFFICER |
900 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
915 |
|
| TOTAL OFFICERS |
7,595 |
147 |
18 |
7 |
111 |
7,878 |
|
| E-09 |
104 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
115 |
| E-08 |
237 |
29 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
270 |
| E-07 |
1,040 |
163 |
6 |
1 |
24 |
1,234 |
| E-06 |
2,311 |
458 |
13 |
9 |
64 |
2,855 |
| E-05 |
5,590 |
728 |
10 |
19 |
64 |
6,411 |
| E-04 |
12,685 |
1,824 |
28 |
66 |
112 |
14,715 |
| E-03 |
15,050 |
2,763 |
32 |
82 |
68 |
17,995 |
| E-02 |
5,122 |
1,002 |
6 |
35 |
21 |
6,186 |
| E-01 |
378 |
140 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
525 |
|
| TOTAL ENLISTED |
42,517 |
7,117 |
97 |
219 |
356 |
50,306 |
|
| TOTAL DEATHS |
50,112 |
7,264 |
115 |
226 |
467 |
58,178 |
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Casualty Type and Branch Pay Grade and Branch To The Wall Page State and Branch Year and Branch Status and Branch
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