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The number of US military personnel in Vietnam jumped from 23,300 in 1965 to 465,600 by the end of 1967. Between October 1966 and June 1969, 246,000 soldiers were recruited through Project 100,000, of whom 41% were black; black people only made up about 11% of the population of the US. [ 102 ]
United States invasion of Grenada: 1983 18 1 19 119 138 [71] 1986 United States bombing of Libya: 1986 2 0 2 0 1 [72] United States invasion of Panama: 1989 23 23 324 347 [71] Gulf War: 1990–1991 149 145 294 849 1,143 2 [73] [74] Operation Provide Comfort: 1991–1996 1 18 19 4 23 [75] [76] Operation Restore Hope: 1992–1993 29 14 43 153 196 ...
1 January. U.S. military personnel in South Vietnam numbered 156,800 while Free World Military Forces (largely Republic of Korea Army) numbered 53,900. [4]: 387 The South Vietnamese government announced that there had been 20 breaches of the New Year's ceasefire resulting in nine South Vietnamese and 16 People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)/Vietcong VC killed.
U.S. troop numbers peaked in 1968 with President Johnson approving an increased maximum number of U.S. troops in Vietnam at 549,500. 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 ...
South Vietnam 897,000 United States: 549,500 South Korea: 48,870 ... The number of American military personnel in Vietnam peaked at 543,000. ... KIA Reference ...
This article lists battles and campaigns in which the number of U.S. soldiers killed was higher than 1,000. The battles and campaigns that reached that number of deaths in the field are so far limited to the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, and one campaign during the Vietnam War (the Tet Offensive from January 30 to September 23, 1968).
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South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Khmer Republic Thailand Kingdom of Laos: Communist forces: North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge Pathet Lao Soviet Union: Strength; South Vietnam: 1,046,250 United States: 156,800 (end of year) South Korea: 45,700 Thailand: 6000 Australia: 2000 Philippines: 50 New Zealand: 100