Miscellaneous

How many lieutenants were killed in Vietnam?

How many lieutenants were killed in Vietnam?

Of the 8000 Coast guardsmen who served in Vietnam, 3 officers and 4 enlisted men were killed and 59 were wounded. Eight women were killed in Vietnam, five Army lieutenants, one Army captain, one Army lieutenant colonel and one Air Force captain. All were nurses, all were single and all but one were in their 20s.

What army division has the most casualties in Vietnam?

US units with most casualties per conflict

Unit Conflict Total
Harlem Hellfighters World War I 1500
3rd Infantry Division World War II 25,977
1st Marine Division Korean War 29,868
1st Cavalry Division Vietnam War 32,036

How many American soldiers were killed by friendly fire in Vietnam?

An Army captain who researched small-arms mishaps in Vietnam found that 398 soldiers were killed due to fratricidal or self-inflicted bloodshed.

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Were any generals killed in Vietnam?

Ware became the second United States Army general officer to die in the Vietnam War, after Brigadier General Alfred Judson Force Moody died of a heart attack in South Vietnam on 19 March 1967. On 25 October 1968, Ware was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

How many officers get fragged in Vietnam?

Savage, estimated that up to 1,017 fragging incidents may have taken place in Vietnam, causing 86 deaths and 714 injuries of U.S. military personnel, the majority officers and NCOs.

What was the bloodiest battle of Vietnam War?

The 1968 Battle of Khe Sanh was the longest, deadliest and most controversial of the Vietnam War, pitting the U.S. Marines and their allies against the North Vietnamese Army. If a battle tallied a sufficiently favorable body count ratio, American commanders declared victory, as they did after Khe Sanh.