Facts on Vietnam War

Did you Know!
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1. Estimated overall casualties 5,773,190

2. Estimated Dead 2,122,244

3. Dust-off Missions 500,000

4. Patients air-lifted from battlefields 900,000

5. Assassinations (South Vietnam) 36,725

6. Abductions (South Vietnam) 58,499

7. Estimated South Vietnamese citizens Killed 587,000

8. South Vietnam Military personal Killed 220,357

9. Defoliants used (US Gallons) 19,000,000

10. Area sprayed (acres) 3,500,000

11. Helicopters Used 12,000

12. Helicopters Downed (Enemy ground Fire) 4,865

13. Average age of World War 2 Soldier 26

14. Average age of Australian Soldier in Vietnam 20

15. Americans Killed 58,169

16. Australians Killed 504

17. Americans killed less than 20 years old 11,464

18. Americans severely disabled 75,000

19. Amputations and crippling wounds were 3000/0 higher than WW2.

20. Ammunition expended each month (tons) 71,000

21. Average of Artillery rounds expended each day in Vietnam 10,000

22. The number of men who registered for National service in Australia, 804,000

Of these 63,000 were called up, and 18,000 went to Vietnam

23. The US Air Force missions over Vietnam 1,899,688

24. Total tonnage of bombs dropped by US Air Force 6,727,084

25. During WW2 the Bomb tonnage dropped on Germany 2,700,000

26. Fixed Wing Aircraft lost in Vietnam 3,750

27 . The US airman lost in Vietnam 8,040

28. B52's Bombers lost in Enemy Action in Vietnam 18

29. B52's Bombers Lost due to mid air collisions and other accidents 13

30. The number of Field Rations consumed each month in Vietnam 10,000,000

31. Litres of petroleum products consumed each month 303,000,000

The Infantry Soldier in the South West Pacific in WW2 saw an average of 40 days in combat in four years. The Australian Infantry Soldier in Vietnam saw an average of 314 days in the bush in one year. In Vietnam the avg time elapsed between being wounded and being in Hospital was 1 Hour. The Percentage of those seriously wounded and saved was 82%. The Percentage of those wounded who died after reaching Hospital was 2.5%.

LEST WE FORGET

Graham Bridgland Veterans ofthe Vietnam War Inc Australia 9/03/2001

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