I AM NOT SURE WHERE I DOWNLOADED THESE STATISTICS, BUT I THINK THAT THEY MAY HAVE COME FROM THE VIETNAM HELICOPTER FLIGHT CREW ASSOCIATION, THANKS TO WHOMEVER GATHERED THESE STATISTICS.
IN UNIFORM AND IN COUNTRY:
9,087,000 MILITARY PERSONNEL SERVED ON ACTIVE DUTY DURING THE VIETNAM ERA. AUGUST 5, 1964 - MAY 7, 1975
8,744,000 GI'S WERE ON ACTIVE DUTY DURING THE WAR. AUGUST 5, 1964- MARCH 28, 1973
3,403,100 (INCLUDING 514,300 OFFSHORE) PERSONNEL SERVED IN THE SE 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)
50,000 MEN SERVED IN VIETNAM BETWEEN 1960 AND 1964.
OF THE 2.6 MILLION BETWEEN 1 AND 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 WAS 543,482 (APRIL 30, 1969)
CASUALTIES
47,378 HOSTILE DEATHS
10,800- NON HOSTILE DEATHS
58,202 TOTAL. MEN WHO HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY DIED OF WOUNDS, WERE FORMERLY CLASSIFIED AS MIA, ACCOUNT FOR THE CHANGING TOTAL.
8 NURSES DIED-1 WAS KIA.
17,539 MARRIED MEN KILLED.
61% OF THE MEN KILLED WERE 21 OR YOUNGER.
HIGHEST STATE DEATH RATE: WEST VIRGINIA- 84.1 (NATIONAL AVERAGE 58.9 FOR EVERY 100,000 MALES IN 1970) MY HOME TOWN -AUSTELL, GEORGIA HAD A DEATH RATE OF 600 PER 100,000.
303,704 WOUNDED-- 153,329 HOSPITALIZED+150,375 INJURED REQUIRING NO HOSPITAL CARE.
75,000 SEVERELY DISABLED-- 23,214 100% DISABLED, 5,283 LOST LIMBS; 1,081 SUSTAINED MULTIPLE AMPUTATIONS.
AMPUTATIONS OR CRIPPLING WOUNDS TO THE LOWER EXTREMITIES WERE 300% HIGHER THAN IN WWII AND 70% HIGHER THAN KOREA.
MULTIPLE AMPUTATIONS OCCURRED AT THE RATE OF 18.4% COMPARED TO 5.7% IN WWII.
2,338 MISSING IN ACTION.
755 POW'S (114 DIED IN CAPTIVITY)
DRAFTEES VS. VOLUNTEERS
648,500 (25%) OF TOTAL FORCES IN COUNTRY WERE DRAFTEES.
17,725 OF COMBAT DEATHS WERE DRAFTEES (30.4%)
5,977 RESERVISTS KILLED
101 NATIONAL GUARD KILLED 6,140 SERVED.
1,728,344 TOTAL DRAFTEES (1965-73)
38% ACTUALLY SERVED IN VIETNAM.
42,633 DRAFTED BY THE MARINE CORPS
JUNE 30, 1973 LAST MAN DRAFTED.
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.
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 SCHOLL UPON SEPARATION)
DEATHS BY REGION PER 100,000 OF POPULATION: SOUTH- 31, WEST- 29.9, MIDWEST-28.4, NORTHEAST-23.5.