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Man Down
The first man to die in Vietnam was James Davis, in 1961. He was with the 509th Radio Research Station. Davis Station in Saigon was named for him. -
Active Duty
9,087,000 military personnel served on active duty during the official Vietnam era from August 5, 1964 to May 7, 1975. -
Deaths/Injuries
US Troops in Vietnam: 184,300
KIA: 1363
WIA: 7645 -
BOOM!
B-52s bomb DMZ, reportedly used by North Vietnam for entry into South. -
Down goes the village...
In My Lai massacre, American soldiers kill 300 Vietnamese villagers -
Deaths/Injuries
US Troops in Vietnam: 536,100
KIA: 30,160
WIA: 192,850 -
Things Got Real
U.S. troops go on the offensive inside the Demilitarized Zone for the first time since 1968. -
Deaths/Injuries
US Troops in Vietnam: 475,200
KIA: 40,024
WIA: 262,796 -
Nixon's Order
Nixon responds to North Vietnamese drive across DMZ by ordering mining of North Vietnam ports and heavy bombing of Hanoi-Haiphong area -
You will be missed
58,148 were killed in Vietnam.
