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Southeast Asia Combat Area Casualties Statistics	http://www.geocities.com/1st_cav_medic/ statistics.htm ** See below, please. 'Nam Talk
Medal of Honor Recipients Tribute Some more interesting stats... The Association of US Army Transporters in Thailand and "Tiger Pawz" Newsletter U.S.A.F. in Southeast Asia-Tactical Airlift C-130 Losses One Millionth Bomb to be loaded @ U-Tapao RTAFB, Thailand sometime in 1969 Pentagon Community Leader - Hank Maifeld, USAF (Ret) Hank's Photo Album R.E.M.F. Rear Echelon Military Forces - the other difinition... Memories Vietnam - "Just another Hill..." Stories of the "Herd" (The 173rd Airborne Brigade) Combat Artist on 'Nam Fort Apache - Images of 'Nam by an Infantry Lieutenant Scout Dogs - Woof! Vietnam War Photos by a Korean Veteran (Member of White Horse) (aBOVE MUST BE SEEN FOR SPLASH SCREEN ALONE!) Sentimental Link* for my first Thai wife born in April'41, her mother washed clothes for the Japs in Kanchanaburi Province! *As long as my third Lao wife doesn't see this! Bridge over the River Kwai Tours Japanese-American Medal of Honor Recipients .. from the Pacific ONE TEAM - USARPAC HQS My homebase for over 5 years! 1972 - 77 ..great golf.. Stint in '78 with the Guard - Hawaii Army National Guard ! Tripler Army Medical Center - Birthplace of my son ..
Detachment 6, 621^st TCS - "Invert" (Thailand) Memorial Page for a Pilot Tribute - Helicopters Tribute - 9^th Infantry Tribute - 73^rd SAC "Surveilance Airplane Company"	http://home.att.net/~c.jeppeson/invert_5.html Mukdahan RTAFB, Thailand Captain James W. Herrick Jr, NKP ..to those Air Crews "A Year to Kill" - 1967 Excellent Photo Album Site 12^th Combat Avn Gp - 1^st Avn Bde
Vietnam Helicopter Flight Crew Network Vietnam Nurses Our Australian Allies in Vietnam - The "Aussies" Master Sergeant John F. Vicker, USAF (Retired) - Tribute to Individual Sacrafices A day in the life of Visit "Final Flight" web site ... a combat B-52 Bomber Crew During "Linebacker II" - a bombing campaign over military targets in the Hanoi & Haiphong areas, read this story and you will feel as if you were with them on that last (fatal) mission; shot down ... .. final flight .. "Gunship crews have more fun!" To learn more about "Puff - the Majic Dragon" and "Spooky" hardware, click here for Air Force Gunships! ..ignore the crew antics... (Above - in no particular order...) ** Some interesting statistics of the Vietnam War Casualties Secret War in Laos U.S. Navy VO-67 (De-Classified) 1^st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) - Army sustained more losses than the Air Force and Navy put together = 5,367. As a proud U.S. Army veteran, my fellow comrades gave it all and here are the (statistical) numbers to prove it! Phillip Roger Coleman - Vietnam Veteran Vietnam Historian Extraordinaire

By Military Branch:	Army = 38,209 (65.6%) Marines = 14,838 (25.5%) Air Force = 2,584 (4.4%) Navy = 2,555 (4.4%) Coast Guard = 7 Total (58,193)
By Age Groups:	17 yrs old = 12 18 yrs old = 3,103 19 yrs old = 8,283 20 yrs old = 14,095 21 yrs old = 9,705 22 yrs old = 4,798 Under 30 yrs old = 11,972 Between 30 and 39 = 4,927 40 - 49 = 1,156 50 - 59 = 121 60 - 62 = 4 and Unknown = 17
Percentage:	Under 20 = 11,398 (19.6%) 20 - 22 = 28,598 (49.1%) Almost 70 % of our comrades never reached the age of 23 ... Under 30 yrs old = 20.3 % 30 - 39 = 8.5 % 40 or Older = 1,281 (2.2%) Unknown factor < .029 %
Type of Casualty - Hostile: Non-Hostile	KIA = 38,502 (66.2%) .. of Wounds = 5,264 (9%) Other = 3,640 (6.3%) .. Missing = 3,524 .. Captured = 116 Other Causes = 7,458 (12.8%) Injury/Illness = 1,978 (3.4%) ..while Missing = 1,351 (2.3%)
Country:	South Vietnam = 55,629 (95.6%) North Vietnam = 1,124 (1.9%) Laos = 733 (1.3%) Cambodia = 520 (.89%) Thailand = 177 (.3%) Communist China = 10
War Periods:	1956 - 64 = 401 1965 = 1,863 1966 = 6,143 1967 = 11,153 1968 = 16,692 (28.6%) 1969 = 11,616 1967 - 69 = 39,461 (67.8%) 1966 - 70 = 51,685 (88.8%) incl 1965 = 53,548 (92%) 1970 = 6,081 1971 = 2,357 1972 - 75 = 1,148 1971 - 75 = 3,505 (6%) The Decade of 1965 - 75 = 57,053 (98%) 1976 to Present, ie, (MIA/POW/KIA) = 839 (1978=447)
Service Component:	Regulars = 34,475 (59.2%) Drafted = 17,672 (30.3%) Reservists/Guard = 5,857 (10%) Unknown = 189
Military Rank:	Enlisted = 50,312 (86.5%) Officers = 6,602 (11.3%) Warrant = 1,278 (2.2%)
U.S. Army Patient Medavacs:	1965 = 10,164 1966 = 12,606 1967 = 22,702 War Escalates - 1968 = 35,391 1969 = 35,916
Marital Status:	Single = 40,775 (70%) Married = 17,215 (29.6%) Unknown = 203
Race:	Caucasian = 50,120 (86.1%) Negro = 7,264 (12.5%) Other = 809 Male = 58,185 Female = 8
Religion:	Protestant = 17,203 (29.6%) Roman Catholic = 16,815 (28.9%) Baptist = 9,603 (16.5%) Methodist = 4,079 (7%) Lutheran = 2,251 (3.9%) Presbyterian = 1,303 (2.2%) Other Religions = 3,846 (6.6%) No Preference = 1,284 (2.2%) Unknown = 1,809 (3.1%) More complete break-down
Major States:	California = 5,573 New York = 4,121 Texas = 3,415 Pennsylvania = 3,144 Ohio = 3,096 Illinois = 2,934 Michigan = 2,654 Florida = 1,952 North Carolina = 1,609 Indiana = 1,532 New Jersey = 1,484 Missouri = 1,413 Massachusetts = 1,323 Virginia = 1,304 Tennessee = 1,291 Alabama = 1,207 Wisconsin = 1,161 Kentucky = 1,055 Washington = 1,050 Maryland = 1,014 Oklahoma = 988 South Carolina = 896 Over 500 Casualty States: Arizona (623), Arkansas (588), Colorado (620), Connecticut (611), Iowa (853), Kansas (627), Louisiana (882), Mississippi (637), Oregon (709), West Virgina (732) More complete break-down Although many of the other states may have had casualties as few as 2 (Canal Zone,) there may be a direct relation to population, ie, per capita in all states; imho, Hawaii with 276^* casualties and a population (at the time) less than a million may be considered high or above average, eg, Nevada (151), Montana (268), Virgin Islands (15), Puerto Rico (345), Guam (70) and Vermont (100) ... ^* Desert Storm Casualties = 293 Korean War = 54,246 World War II = 405,399 I = 116,516 Civil War = 498,332 Source: Ohio Life
And, now - for some other statistical casualty numbers that state explicitly the courage, valor and gallantry displayed by many of the U.S. Army military units that gave their all in 'Nam !	1^st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) - U.S. Army Remember - that they sustained more losses than the Air Force and Navy put together = 5,367. " Thank you - First Cav (Medic) !" .. And, thank you for providing such an informative web site for both U.S. Army Medics and the "Cav" for all of us to learn more about your units sacrifices, those of the non-combatant medics that earned the Combat Medics Badge and a tribute to all members of the U.S. Army truly upholding the highest traditions of duty, honor, country and most definitely valor and gallantry !
Badge Awards honoring our Combat Men The Infantryman The Medic U.S. Army Support, Thailand	5,367 1 ^st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) - "Cav" 4,486 25^th Infantry Division - "Tropic Lighting" 3,906 101^st Airborne Division - "Screamin' Eagle" 3,094 1^st Infantry Division - "Big Red One" 2,624 9^th Infantry Division - "Old Reliable" 2,496 4^th Infantry Division - "World War II" Army Brigades - "On the march and airborne!" 1,717 173^rd Airborne 1,637 1^stAviation 1,171 196^thLight Infantry 741 199^thLight Infantry 997 MACV Advisors 739 U.S. Army Special Forces "Green Beret 809 U.S Army Republic of Vietnam 773 Americal Division Other Army Units - not Accounted for Above - "Army!" 7,690 Armor.. Signal.. Logistics.. Engineering.. 38,209 Total U.S. Army Casualties - 65.6 % Labor Day ²⁰⁰⁰ Note - Coming (very soon) Statistics, by Pay Grade, for Air Force ; then, Navy, Army & Marine Casualties ... The Air Force "bled" more from the higher ranks, eg, Officer Corps/Pilots while the inverse was for the grunts in the Army & Marines ...

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