How many Americans died in the Viet Nam war?

The source of these data is The Oxford Companion to American Military History. (Oxford University Press, 1999) US Military Casualties from the Vietnam War 1964-73: Total Deaths: 58,151 • Combat deaths: 47,355 • Other deaths: 10,796 Total Wounded: 153,303 Total Missing: 2,489 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For perspective, look at US military combat deaths for several wars: • WWII: 291,557 • Civil War: 212,938 • WWI: 53,402 • Vietnam War: 47,355 • Korean War: 33,746 • Revolutionary War: 8,000 • Iraq War: 3,249 to-date • Afghanistan: 305 to-date • Gulf War: 148 I have left numerous wars out; go to the link for the rest. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.

More.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.