There are more than 58,000 names of American dead on the wall, but the total costs are still being tallied
Edward Tick collected these statistics by searching history books, newspapers, and archives, and interviewing survivors and scholars throughout the United States and Southeast Asia. Following is a partial list of his sources. In the United States: Disabled American Veterans; The New York Times; Hell, Healing and Resistance by Daniel Hallock; The Vietnam War: A History in Documents, by Young, Fitzgerald & Grunfel; Webster's New World Dictionary of the Vietnam War. In Viet Nam: Army Museum, Ha Noi; Hong Ngoc (Rosy Jade) Humanity Center, Sao Do; Research Center for Gender, Family, and Environment in Development, Ha Noi; Women's Museum, Ha Noi; War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City. THE PEOPLE |
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American Veterans |
Vietnamese People |
In Country |
2.5 million |
est. 1970 pop. 41 million |
In Combat |
1.5 million |
unknown |
Killed in Action |
58,000+ |
2.5 million |
Wounded |
300,000+* |
4 million |
Missing in Action |
2,000+ |
250,000 |
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
1.5 million+ |
unknown |
Suicides |
100,000+ |
unknown |
Homeless |
150,000 nightly |
unknown |
Boat People |
0 |
1 million (Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia) |
Lost at Sea |
0 |
500,000 |
Disabled Street People |
unknown |
3 million |
New Agent Orange Deformities |
unknown |
35,000/year |
Peacetime Deaths Due to Unexploded Bombs & Mines |
0 |
50,000+ (Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia) |
Maimed by Bombs and Mines (1975-98) |
0 |
67,000 |
Reeducation Camps |
0 |
400,000 in 100 camps |
* includes U.S: 74,000 quadriplegics and multiple amputees |
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THE VIETNAMESE LAND |
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Total Herbicides Used |
19.4 million gallons |
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Agent Orange Sprayed |
11.7 million gallons |
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Mangrove Forest Destroyed |
60% |
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Forest & Jungle Destroyed |
18% |
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Cultivated Land Destroyed |
8% |
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U.S. BOMBING |
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8 billion+ pounds (4 times more than WWII total; equal to 600 Hiroshima-size bombs) |
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23 million bomb craters |
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2,257 U.S. aircraft lost |
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Over 4,000 of toal 5,778 villages bombed, 150 completely destroyed |
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DESTROYED |
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10 million cubic meters of dikes |
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815 hydroelectric works |
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1,100 lake embankments |
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8 forestries |
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48 agricultural research centers with 6,000 agricultural machines and 46,000 water buffalo |
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400 factories |
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18 power stations |
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13,000 boats |
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15,100 bridges |
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2,923 high schools and universities |
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350 hospitals |
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1,500 maternity hospitals |
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484 churches |
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465 pagodas |
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240,540 thatched huts |
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TOTAL COST TO THE UNITED STATES: |
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$925 Billion |
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