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Question about the Vietnam war?
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Nobody really knows for sure but it was put at around 2 million total. The figure was probable exaggerated because they wanted reparations from the US following the war and the more the better. I would put it over 1 million for the entire period we were there but again, not absolute as the number changes by whoever you ask the question. There were more civilians that became casualties as a result of collateral damage than direct fire or conflict so it is up in the air.
The number of military and civilian deaths from 1959 to 1975 is debated. Some reports fail to include the members of South Vietnamese forces killed in the final campaign, or the Royal Lao Armed Forces, thousands of Laotian and Thai irregulars, or Laotian civilians who all perished in the conflict. They do not include the tens of thousands of Cambodians killed during the civil war or the estimated one and one-half to two million that perished in the genocide that followed Khmer Rouge victory, or the fate of Laotian Royals and civilians after the Pathet Lao assumed complete power in Laos.
"In 1995, the Vietnamese government reported that its military forces, including the NLF, suffered 1.1 million dead and 600,000 wounded during Hanoi's conflict with the United States. Civilian deaths were put at two million in the North and South, and economic reparations were expected. Hanoi concealed the figures during the war to avoid demoralizing the population."
http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/v/Vietnam_War.htm
Add these stats up and you get 54,123.
http://www.rjsmith.com/kia_tbl.html
If you are doing a paper on this I would (if it were me) err on the side of caution and use some source such as these but state it "There were at least fifty four thousand civilian deaths during the Vietnam war while the numbers themselves are hard to narrow down while some estimates go as high as over one million." or something to that effect.
Good luck
The number of military and civilian deaths from 1959 to 1975 is debated. Some reports fail to include the members of South Vietnamese forces killed in the final campaign, or the Royal Lao Armed Forces, thousands of Laotian and Thai irregulars, or Laotian civilians who all perished in the conflict. They do not include the tens of thousands of Cambodians killed during the civil war or the estimated one and one-half to two million that perished in the genocide that followed Khmer Rouge victory, or the fate of Laotian Royals and civilians after the Pathet Lao assumed complete power in Laos.
"In 1995, the Vietnamese government reported that its military forces, including the NLF, suffered 1.1 million dead and 600,000 wounded during Hanoi's conflict with the United States. Civilian deaths were put at two million in the North and South, and economic reparations were expected. Hanoi concealed the figures during the war to avoid demoralizing the population."
http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/v/Vietnam_War.htm
Add these stats up and you get 54,123.
http://www.rjsmith.com/kia_tbl.html
If you are doing a paper on this I would (if it were me) err on the side of caution and use some source such as these but state it "There were at least fifty four thousand civilian deaths during the Vietnam war while the numbers themselves are hard to narrow down while some estimates go as high as over one million." or something to that effect.
Good luck
C
Cousin Vinny
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1,792 Its in my text book.