Of the 2.7 million Americans that
served in the Vietnam war…
300,000 were wounded in action
75,000 were disabled
Of the casualties listed on The
Wall, approximately 1,300 remain
missing in action
58,129 were killed
The average age was 19
On the Vietnamese side it is
estimated…
1.1 million North Vietnamese
and Viet Cong (Southern
resistance soldiers) were killed
Over 2 million North and South
Vietnamese citizens were
killed
In the United States we
refer to this conflict as
the Vietnam War
In Vietnam, citizens refer
to this conflict as the
American War
THE COSTS
OF WAR