Lynchs vietnam series shows the vietnam war from the. In the united states, military conscription has been used many times during its wars, particularly in the cold war. Morris, rudi, ivan, and beck are best friends for life. Lynchs vietnam war series concludes with the final narrative of four friends caught in the chaos of war. All their names were honored on the vietnam veterans memorial wall in washington d. The vietnam war was devastating time for not just america 1271 words 6 pages. Numbers certainly do not tell the whole story or all of them but they certainly paint a picture of lives lost and families devastated. It did not affect the united states status as a superpower, and though north vietnam won the war. This article lists the united states s military dead, wounded, and missing person totals for wars and major deployments. Deaths other includes all noncombat deaths including those from accidents, disease, suicide, and murder. When his three best friends go to vietnam, beck knows he must honor his promise to go with them. Fifty years ago this spring, millions of students struck. He was not killed in action but murdered by another u. According to the last update in 2008 from the national archives, there were 58,220 u.
In 1975, it appeared that the vietnam war was a clear loss for the united states. Of the 33,000 books about the vietnam war, all but a few eagerly sidestep the atrocious carnage inflicted on hundreds of thousands of civilians. Fortyfive years ago the 101 st airborne division went into south vietnams a shau valley as part of operation apache snow. By nearly every metric, the vietnam war was, in the common sense of the word, a war. Two viet cong prisoners are led to an arvn command outpost at ha tien. Cold war korea and vietnam and middle eastadditional us casualties. Chris lynch is the author of numerous acclaimed books for middlegrade and teen readers, including the cyberia series and the national book award finalist inexcusable. The causes of the vietnam war were derived from the symptoms, components and consequences of the cold war. The prisoners were searched, bound and questioned before being marched off to join other. The vietnam conflict extract data file of the defense casualty analysis system dcas extract files contains records of 58,220 u. The importance of protests in the vietnam war 785 words. The vietnam war was devastating time for not just america, but worldwide. Herring, a former university of kentucky history professor, covers virtually every important event in the conflict, presenting the war objectively and assessing its legacy. Military fatal casualties of the vietnam war for home.
Oct 25, 2017 the anti vietnam war movement in 39 photos. This time, the casualties of war werent draftees from poor communities in the u. It was compiled by jay ebert, and used tom holloways original database files as a starting point. These numbers usually include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of battle or other military wartime actions, as well as the wartimewarrelated deaths of soldiers, which are the results of warinduced epidemics, famines, atrocities. He is a longtime union activist and author of four books about labor or politics.
Estimates include both civilian and military deaths in north and south vietnam, laos, and cambodia the war persisted from 1955 to 1975 and most of the fighting took place in south vietnam. Walking wounded by chris lynch morris, beck, ivan and rudi have been friends since forever, so when rudi was drafted, morris convinced the others join up and go to vietnam together, thinking they could watch out for each other by joining a different branch of the armed forces. The north had a communist government led by ho chi minh. Having appeared as a witness before four tribunals in vietnam, eriksson told me, he had had his fill of the judicial processof the dogged. The vietnam war presents multiple challenges to historians due to official discrepancies with draft numbers, contention over official number of soldiers deployed, and a general lack of transparency from the us government during the. Vietnam had gained its independence from france in nineteen fifty four.
This is a comprehensive record set of military personnel who died as a result of the vietnam war from june 6, 1956 to may 28, 2006. During this period, the war escalated from an insurgency in. The following tables were generated from the vietnam conflict extract data file of the defense casualty analysis system dcas extract files, which is current as of april 29, 2008 the vietnam conflict extract data file of the defense casualty analysis system dcas extract files contains records of 58,220 u. The war also spilled over into the neighboring countries of cambodia and. This book is about four friends who join the vietnam war together. The structure was in a state of extreme disrepair, and had a number of large. After the united states did not respond to the fall of phuoc long province, the north vietnamese concluded that the united states would not reenter the conflict in vietnam. Steve early is a longtime union activist and author of four books about labor or politics. City county aday robert lee army sp4 19500330 bakersfield kern 19691024 y adcock richard lynn army cpl 19480809 hinkley san bernardino.
You can scroll down to see the names of casualties listed under their official city. The province that claimed the most americans killed was quang tri, which bordered on both north vietnam and laos. During the vietnam war, 30% of wounded service members died of their wounds. Sinovietnamese war reeducation camp vietnam boat people vietnam war casualties opposition to the vietnam war opposition to the u. Because in the year 1968, there was over 500,000 american soldiers fighting for the southern part of vietnam. The vietnam casualties were many times this number. Estimates of casualties of the vietnam war vary widely. Vietnam war casualties from north carolina click or tap on name to find a personal memorial page of a casualty from this state.
Us soldiers, communist leaders, saigon loyalists, vietnamese peasants and even nixon himself. Memorial pages honoring vietnam war casualties, listed by their last names. Nick turse, in his 20 book, kill anything that moves, argues that a. Hes also able to view the war from above, where he can admire the savage beauty of the jungle at a distance. So when one of the teens is drafted into the vietnam war, the others sign up, too. The conflict pitted a range of forces, including the french unions. The first american soldier died in the vietnam war was richard b.
This war lead to 1 million, four hundred and fifty thousand casualties from vietnam, cambodia, and laos. Readers weighed in on the best books about the vietnam war. The vietnam war deaths index on compiled more than 52,000 transcripts of soldiers that died in service to their country. Casualties of war vietnam, book 4 by chris lynch fantastic fiction. Estimates include both civilian and mil itary dea ths in north an d south vi etnam, laos, and cambo dia. High school with highest death rate in vietnam embraces its. He enlists in the us air force, where hes able to work as a mechanic, learning about planes and choppers and supersonic jets. Beck is in the air force and he repairs the planes. The united states committed some 550,000 troops to the vietnam front at the height of the conflict, suffered more than 58,000 casualties, and engaged in battle after battle with communist forces in the region until its withdrawal in 1973. See more ideas about vietnam, vietnam war and vietnam veterans. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your.
Vietnam war casualties wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. By early 1968, the cruelty of the war began touching the conscience of many americans. Booklist a fine balance of thoughtfulness and gritty action. More american soldiers became casualties at the battle of gettysburg than in the revolutionary. Although the united states supported the leadership of the south, advising president ngo dinh diem as well as supplying military and financial aid, the scope of american involvement was relatively. Not censored 1 a south vietnamese soldier holds a cocked pistol as he questions two suspected viet cong guerrillas captured in a weedfilled marsh in the southern delta region late in august 1962. United states military casualties of war wikipedia. He was a participant in the may 1970 student strike against the vietnam war and later served as vermont field secretary for the american friends service committee. Estimates include both civilian and military deaths in north and south vietnam, laos, and cambodia the second indochina war a. T he war persisted from 1955 to 1975 and most of the fighting took pla ce in south vietnam. There is a estimation of over 300,000 casualties in the vietnam war.
These records were transferred into the custody of the national archives and records administration in 2008. But the physical casualties of the war in vietnam are not alone catastrophes. The best vietnam war novels yet for this age range. Beck, now in the air force, was always the smart one, the one bound for college. The two thousand year war in vietnam 632 words 123 help me. He is collaborating on a forthcoming book about veterans for duke university press. The crouching beast by frank boccia vietnam veterans of. Military fatal casualties of the vietnam war for homestateofrecord.
Vietnam war casualties 19551975 america paid a terrible price for its involvement in the vietnam war nearly 60,000 killedinaction, over 150,000 wounded, and some 1,600 missing. Steve early was a participant in the may, 1970 student strike against the vietnam war and later served as vermont field secretary for the american friends service committee. But many others were poor or workingclass teenagers who enlisted or were drafted into the military right out of high school. These alphabetical indexes are for your convenience but do not represent the order of names on the wall.
The vietnam war began in 195960, as an insurgency of communist forces in south vietnam, the vietcong, against the government of south vietnam. My great uncle used agent orange in the vietnam war and now has throat cancer and cant talk because of it. The us military involvement resulted in 56,220 vietnam war casualties, according to the u. This article lists the united statess military dead, wounded, and missing person totals for wars and major deployments.
Thus we think it is safe to say that hispanicamericans were overrepresented among vnam casualties an estimated 5. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. These casualties came largely from california and texas with lesser numbers from colorado, new mexico, arizona, florida and new york and some from many states across the. The vietnam war was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of north vietnam against south vietnam and its principal ally, the united states. Fifty years ago today, one of the vietnam wars most ferocious battles broke out in the ia drang valley.
High school with highest death rate in vietnam embraces. Military fatal casualty statistics national archives. Beck still has a lot to learn about war, and about friendship, too. These casualties are enough to cause all men to rise up with righteous indignation and oppose the very nature of this war. Estimates of casualties of th e vietnam w ar vary widely. Vietnam casualties by state and city or town this gallery lists the complete vietnam war casualty files by state. But when his tour of duty takes a turn for the worse, one thing becomes clear. Upon discovering becks plan to enlist, his father had said, the universe has better plans. But the battles true toll would prove to be the hubris it. After supplies and weapons were found in a viet cong tunnel network, a soldier burns a nearby hut used for rice storage by the viet cong. The 1968 tet offensive battles united states army center of. During the war it was occupied by japan, and in 1945, communist revolutionary ho chi minh declared vietnamese independence, which ultimately led to.
Even though the draft was abolished in 1973, men of draft age between 1825 years still have to register with the selective service system within 30 days of the 18th birthday so a draft can be continue reading vietnam war draft. Canada, somewhat reluctantly, did send 290 soldiers to south vietnam in 1973 as part of a four nation team charged with supervising a ceasefire during the war. Vietnam war summaryoverview of the conflict history. United states casualties of the vietnam war, 19561998 from familysearch. Hunts a vietnam war reader is a very different text to onans. As the nation honors the fallen, the daily beast crunches the numbers to figure out the statebystate totals of those who made the ultimate sacrifice since.
In terms of natl originancestries our massive sampling of the database reveals that americans of italian, french canadian, polish and other southern and eastern european. The earliest casualty record contains a date of death of. Estimates include both civilian and military deaths in north and south vietnam, laos, and cambodia the vietnam war a. Having appeared as a witness before four tribunals in vietnam, eriksson told me, he had. For many others, the problem was that the united states was unable to win the war, while 40,000 american soldiers were dead by this time, 250,000 wounded, with no end in sight. Note that state lists of fatal casualties of the vietnam war. How vietnam haunts the democrats politico magazine. The former south vietnam was made up of 44 provinces. The civil war trust does not agree with this claim. Vietnam war casualties wikipedia republished wiki 2. During the vietnam war, between 1955 and 1984, fifty eight thousand americans lost their lives, as well as over threemillion vietnamese lost theirs. This book is widely viewed as the best concise history of the vietnam war. The numbers of civil war dead were not equaled by the combined toll of other american conflicts until the war in vietnam.
The financial cost to the united states comes to over one hundred fifty billion dollars. Like their predecessors in all wars, american veterans of the vietnamese. Although they each serve in a different branch, they are fighting the war together and they promise to do all they can to come home together. The school, thomas alva edison high school, had the highest casualty rate during the vietnam war of any high school in the united states a fact thats confirmed by the vietnam veterans memorial fund the nonprofit that built the vietnam wall, and has been recognized by local, state and federal government officials. Fifty four percent of the americans killed in vietnam were killed in the four northernmost provinces, which in addition to quang tri were thua thien, quang nam and quan tin. Estimates of casualties in the vietnam war vary widely.
Although the attacks were costly failures in military terms, they set the united states on a path of. Vietnam war deaths, by race, ethnicity and natl origin. How the battle of the ia drang valley changed the course. The first indochina war generally known as the indochina war in france, and as the antifrench resistance war in vietnam began in french indochina on december 19, 1946, and lasted until july 20, 1954. This list of wars by death toll includes death toll deaths of all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war. Fifty years ago, the first american combat troops arrived in south vietnam. Fifty years later, the ghosts of pleiku and lbj linger over modern politics. Casualties of war is a 1989 american war drama film, starring michael j. Halfway around the world, another cold war conflict was escalating. But while much of indochina did become communist, validating the domino theory to an extent, the war left mostly psychological scars in the united states. Perhaps more targeted at the scholarly minded, this book collects official documents and private letters from a sea of sources. The book takes place in the 1st person view of beck, one of the four friends. The vietnam war and the war on terror 1833 words bartleby.
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