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  2. Vietnam War casualties - Wikipedia

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    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 to 1975. 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 ...

  3. List of wars by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Vietnam War: 1.1–4.2 million [34] [35] [36] 1955–1975 North Vietnam and allies vs. South Vietnam and allies Indochina Nigerian Civil War: 3.04–4.1 million [37] [38] 1967–1970 Nigeria vs. Biafra: Nigeria Deluge: 3–4 milion [39] 1648–1666 Poland–Lithuania vs Swedish Empire and Russia: Eastern Europe French Wars of Religion: 2–4 ...

  4. United States military casualties of war - Wikipedia

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    The "other" deaths are primarily from disease, including prisoners who died on British prison ships. b. ^ Other actions against pirates: Includes actions fought in the West Indies, the Greek isles, off of Louisiana, China and Vietnam. Other deaths resulted from disease and accidents.

  5. List of friendly fire incidents - Wikipedia

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    20 Vietnam War. 21 1967 Six-Day War. ... Many British soldiers died as a result of friendly artillery bombardment. ... Many soldiers were rescued from the sea, ...

  6. United States in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    This compares with 26 years of age for those who participated in World War II. Soldiers served a one-year tour of duty. The average age of the U.S. military men who died in Vietnam was 22.8 years old. [60] The one-year tour of duty deprived units of experienced leadership. As one observer put it, "we were not in Vietnam for 10 years, but for ...

  7. 1968 in the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    The year was the most expensive in the Vietnam War with America spending US$77.4 billion (US$ 678 billion in 2025) on the war. The year also became the deadliest of the Vietnam War for America and its allies with 27,915 ARVN soldiers killed and the Americans suffering 16,592 killed compared to around two hundred thousand PAVN/VC killed.

  8. Category:American military personnel killed in the Vietnam ...

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    American military personnel killed in the Vietnam War (1955–1975). Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. A.

  9. Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (November 2024) Vietnam War Part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War in Asia Clockwise from top left: US Huey helicopters inserting South Vietnamese ARVN troops, 1970 North Vietnamese PAVN ...