The FReeper Foxhole - Vietnam War Statistics - November 7th, 2004

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[snippy_about_it]

Lord,

Keep our Troops forever in Your care

Give them victory over the enemy...

Grant them a safe and swift return...

Bless those who mourn the lost.
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for all those serving their country at this time.


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Vietnam War Statistics

I. Official Campaigns of the War in Vietnam
(Time of service 15 March 1962 - 28 March 1973)

1. Vietnam Advisory Campaign (15 March 1962 - 07 March 1965)
2. Vietnam Defense Campaign (08 March 1965 - 24 December 1965)
3. Vietnamese Counter-offensive Campaign (25 December 1965 - 30 June 1966)
4. Vietnamese Counter-offensive Phase II (01 July 1966 - 31 May 1967)
5. Vietnamese Counter-offensive Phase III (01 June 1967 - 29 January 1968)
6. Tet Counteroffensive (30 January 1968 - 01 April 1968)
7. Vietnamese Counter-offensive Phase IV (02 April 1968 - 30 June 1968)
8. Vietnamese Counter-offensive Phase V (01 July 1968 - 01 November 1968)
9. Vietnamese Counter-offensive Phase VI (02 November 1968 - 22 February 1969)
10. Tet 69/Counteroffensive (23 February 1969 - 08 June 1969)
11. Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969 (09 June 1969 - 31 October 1969)
12. Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970 (01 November 1969 - 30 April 1970)
13. Sanctuary Counter-offensive (01 May 1970 - 30 June 1970)
14. Vietnamese Counter-offensive Phase VII (01 July 1970 - 30 June 1971)
15. Consolidation I (01 July 1971 - 30 November 1971)
16. Consolidation II (01 December 1971 - 29 March 1972)
17. Vietnam Ceasefire Campaign (30 March 1972 - 28 March 1973)

II.STATISTICS

IN UNIFORM AND IN COUNTRY
 

* Vietnam Veterans: 9.7% of their generation.
* 9,087,000 military personnel served on active duty during the Vietnam era (August 5, 1964 - May 7, 1975).
* 8,744,000 GIs were on active duty during the war (August 5, 1964 - March 28, 1973).
* 3,403,100 (including 514,300 offshore) personnel served in the Southeast Asia Theater (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, flight crews based in Thailand, and sailors in adjacent South China Sea waters). 2,594,000 personnel served within the borders of South Vietnam (January 1, 1965 - March 28, 1973).
* Another 50,000 men served in Vietnam between 1960 and 1964.
* Of the 2,6 million, between 1 - 1.6 million (40 - 60%) either fought in combat, provided close support or were at least fairly regularly exposed to enemy attack.
* 7,484 women (6,250 or 83.5% were nurses) served in Vietnam.
* Peak troop strength in Vietnam: 543,482 (April 30, 1969).

CASUALTIES

* Hostile deaths: 47,359.
* Non-hostile deaths: 10,797.
* Total: 58,202 (includes men formerly classified as MIA and Mayaguez casualties). Men who have subsequently died of wounds account for the changing total.
* 8 nurses died - 1 was KIA.
* Married men killed: 17,539.
* 61% of the men killed were 21 or younger.
* Highest state death rate: West Virginia - 84.1 men per 100,000 males serving in Vietnam (national average 58.9 men for every 100,000 males serving in Vietnam. {Averaged in 1970}).
* Wounded: 303,704 (153,329 hospitalized + 150,375 injured requiring no hospital care).
* Severely disabled: 75,000--23,214 100% disabled; 5,283 lost limbs; 1,081 sustained multiple amputations. Amputation or crippling wounds to the lower extremities were 300% higher than in WWII and 70% higher than in Korea. Multiple amputations occurred at the rate of 18.4% compared to 5.7% in WWII

* Missing in Action: 2,338.
* POWs: 766 (114 died in captivity).

DRAFTEES AND VOLUNTEERS

* 25% of the total forces in country were draftees 648,500 as opposed to 66% of the ones in WWII.
* Draftees accounted for 30.4% (17,725) of combat deaths in Vietnam.
* Reservists killed: 5,977.
* National Guard: 6,140 served; 101 died.
* Total draftees (1965-73): 1,728,344.
* Actually served in Vietnam: 38%.
* Marine Corps draft: 42,633.
* Last man drafted: June 30, 1973

RACE AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND

* 88.4% of the men who actually served in Vietnam were Caucasian, 10.6% (275,000) were black; 1% listed as others.
* 86.3% of the men who died in Vietnam were Caucasian (includes Hispanics); 12.5% (7,241) were black; 1.2% belonged to other races.
* 170,000 Hispanics served in Vietnam; 3,070 (5.2% of total) died there.
* 86.8% of the men who were killed as a result of hostile action were Caucasian; 12.1% (5,711)were black; 1.1% belonged to other races

* 14.6% (1.530) of non-combat deaths were among blacks.
* 34% of blacks who enlisted volunteered for the combat arms.
* Overall, blacks suffered 12.5% of the deaths in Vietnam at a time when the percentage of blacks of military age was 13.5% of the total population.
* Religion of Dead: Protestant--64.4%; Catholic--28.9%; other/none--6.7%.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS

* 76% of the men sent to Vietnam were from lower middle/ working class backgrounds.
* Three-fourths had family incomes above the poverty level; 50% were from middle income backgrounds.
* Some 23% of Vietnam vets had fathers with professional, managerial or technical occupations.
* 79% of the men who served in Vietnam had a high school education or better when they entered the military service. (63% of Korean War vets and only 45% of WWII vets had completed high school upon separation).
* Deaths by region per 100,000 of population: South-31, West-29.9; Midwest-28.4; Northeast-23.5

WINNING & LOSING

* 82% of veterans who saw heavy combat strongly believe the war was lost because of lack of political will

* Nearly 75% of the public agrees it was a failure of political will, not of arms.

HONORABLE SERVICE

* 97% of Vietnam-era veterans were honorably discharged.
* 91% of actual Vietnam War veterans and 90% of those who saw heavy combat are proud to have served their country.
* 66% of Vietnam vets say they would serve again if called upon.
* 87% of the public now holds Vietnam veterans in high esteem

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[Professional Engineer]

Good morning ladies. Flag-o-gram.

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning everyone.

[Soaring Feather]

~Josh Groban~You Raise Me Up~

[Valin]

Myth: A disproportionate number of blacks were killed in the Vietnam War.


86% of the men who died in Vietnam were Caucasians, 12.5% were black, 1.2% were other races.


Will this EVER be put to rest? I Doubt it, it's to useful to the left.

[StarCMC]

Hey snippy - those stats are thought provoking...

Thanks for the ping Valin!! The one that go me was this one:

9,087,000 military personnel served on active duty during the Vietnam era (August 5, 1964 - May 7, 1975).

WOW!! Over 9 million. That's an awful lot of heroes to be thanking!! God bless every last one of them!

[The Mayor]

We painted the interior of the "Sam and Snippy" store yesterday

And what is this store all about?

[stand watie]

GA, snippy!

fyi:

1.duckie went to the jewelry store this AM & called me on the cellphone to tell me that she was SOOOOOOO SAD that she saw NOTHING that she wanted to buy, that she didn't already have! (i HAD to LOL after she hung up!)

2. she's headed to the BX & commissiary next &

3. then off to buy SHOES & PURSES again. (she NEEDS "dressy flats" in at least 3 colors - navy,red & ????, she said. i can smell the credit cards SMOKING again!)

hugs & free dixie,duckie/sw

[stand watie]

btw, (reference #47) my GRRRRL is nothing if NOT CONSISTENT!

free dixie,sw

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi everybody. Happy Sunday, all.

[stand watie]

FUNNY!

free dixie,sw

[stand watie]

NOPE, because the mainSLIME press LIES!

free dixie,sw

[stand watie]

HI, miss feather!

free dixie HUGS,duckie/sw

[Victoria Delsoul]

:-)

[Soaring Feather]

Hi, sw and duckie!!!

free dixie, bf!!!!

*HUGS*

[Coleus]

Thanks, very informative post.

I wonder what that stats. are on those smelly and freaky scum bags who spat on the soldiers coming home from Nam who are now members of United for Peace, MoveON, Pax Christi and the DemocRAT party? It looks like they brainwashed their children too since there were many young people out there protesting the Republican convention in NYC. They were very: rude, insensitive, mean spirited and lacked manners and any form of civility. I wonder why none were in the churches praying for peace?

[Grzegorz 246]

I read that Vietnamese built miles long tunnels under the ground. Did you see something like that ?

[Colonel_Flagg]

Happy Sunday to you all!

I hope you're having a great day today. Took my son to see "The Incredibles" today - very funny stuff.

Thanks for today's thread. When I see the statistics you cited I am more grateful than ever that the Kerry campaign is a flaming, defeated wreck today.

[Iris7]

Was pretty common. False entrances where you would find them.

Most Americans cannot read sign and so could not find entrances. (By "sign" I mean the natural patterns in the ground and plants and human marks so you can see what shouldn't be there.)

Not as easy to find entrances as all that. The holes I saw were very little, would not fit my shoulders except with arms straight over my head. Entrances about 25 cm (10") by 35 cm (14"). Maybe 40 cm wide (16") and 60 cm (20") tall inside I've been told. Not rare to be smaller. I never went into one, don't have near enough guts. They smelled terrible. Besides, I was a rear echelon guy, and have only encountered them three times. One ville with five houses had ten openings that we found. Spooky times.

[Professional Engineer]

1980 Steve McQueen Slater MO, actor, dies at 50

He had a mean ride!

[Professional Engineer]

Hi miss Feather