Army Medics Statistics
from the
Southeast Asia Combat Current Casualties Files and Other Sources
Army Medics who died in the Vietnam War
Hostile Action |
1,202 |
Non-hostile Action |
202 |
Total |
1,404 |
Identified as of 10/24/2006
Medic Fatalities by Unit *
| 1st Cavalry Division | 184 |
| 25th Infantry Division | 186 |
| 101st Airborne Division | 153 |
| 1st Infantry | 117 |
| 9th Infantry | 109 |
| 4th Infantry Division | 93 |
| 173rd Airborne Division | 71 |
| Special Forces | 75 |
| MAC V | 45 |
| 11th Armored Cav | 18 |
| Americal Division | 18 * (Non-Brigade) |
| 199th Light Infantry | 25 |
| 11th Light Infantry | 43 |
| 196 Light Infantry Brigade | 47 |
| 198th Light Infantry Brigade | 31 |
| USARV | 32 |
| 5th Infantry | 19 |
| 82nd Airborne Division | 10 |
| 1st Aviation Brigade | 7 |
| 1st Logistical Command | 4 |
| 1st Field Force | 3 |
| 1st Signal Brigade | 1 |
| 2nd Field Force | 1 |
| 24th Corps | 1 |
| 18th Engineers Brigade | 3 |
| 20th Engineers Brigade | 1 |
* Not all soldier's units were identified by the CACCF reports
South East Asia Combat Area Casualties Statistics
The CACCF statistics were retrieved from the National Archives and Records Administration Center for Electronic Records.
CACCF Record Counts by Age at Time of Death or Declaration of Death (as of 12/98)
| AGE | Number of Records |
| 17 | 12 |
| 18 | 3,103 |
| 19 | 8,283 |
| 20 | 14,095 |
| 21 | 9,705 |
| 22 | 4,798 |
| 23 | 3,495 |
| 24 | 2,650 |
| 25 | 2,018 |
| 26 | 1,414 |
| 27 | 917 |
| 28 | 768 |
| 29 | 710 |
| 30-39 | 4,927 |
| 40-49 | 1,156 |
| 50-59 | 121 |
| 60-62 | 4 |
| Unknown, Not Reported | 17 |
| Total | 58,193 |
Record counts provided for informational purposes only, not official statistics
CACCF Record Counts by Branch of Service (as of 12/98)
Military Service Branch |
Number of Records |
Air Force |
2,584 |
Army |
38,209 |
Coast Guard |
7 |
Marine Corps |
14,838 |
Navy |
2,555 |
Total |
58,193 |
Record counts provided for informational purposes only, not official statistics
CACCF Record Counts by Casualty Type (as of 12/98)
| Type of Casualty | Number of Records |
| Hostile, Killed in Action | 38,502 |
| Hostile, Died of Wounds | 5,264 |
| Hostile, Died While Missing | 3,524 |
| Hostile, Died While Captured | 116 |
| Non-Hostile, Died from Other Causes | 7,458 |
| Non-Hostile, Died of Illness or Injury | 1,978 |
| Non-Hostile, Died While Missing | 1,351 |
| Total | 58,193 |
Record counts provided for informational purposes only, not official statistics
CACCF Record Counts by Country of Casualty, as of 12/98
Country of Casualty |
Number of Records |
Cambodia |
520 |
Laos |
733 |
North Vietnam |
1,124 |
Communist China |
10 |
South Vietnam |
55,629 |
Thailand |
177 |
Total |
58,193 |
Record counts provided for informational purposes only, not official statistics
CACCF Record Counts by Marital Status, as of 12/98
Marital Status |
Number of Records |
Married |
17,215 |
Single |
40,775 |
Unknown |
203 |
Total |
58,193 |
Record counts provided for informational purposes only, not official statistics
CACCF Record Counts by Military Pay Grade, as of 12/98
| Military Pay Grade | Number of Records |
| Enlisted (E1-E9) | 50,312 |
| Officer (O1-O8) | 6,602 |
| Warrant Officer (W1-W4) | 1,278 |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Total | 58,193 |
Record counts provided for informational purposes only, not official statistics
CACCF Record Counts by Race (as of 12/98)
Racial category titles are those used in the documentation created at the genesis of the
file, ca. 1967
| Race | Number of Records |
| American Indian | 226 |
| Caucasian | 50,120 |
| Malayan | 252 |
| Mongolian | 116 |
| Negro | 7,264 |
| Unknown | 215 |
| Total | 58,193 |
Record counts provided for informational purposes only, not official statistics
CACCF Record Counts by Reason (Cause of Casualty) (as of 12/98)
in order of most frequent cause to least frequent cause
| Reason (Cause of Casualty) | Number of Records |
| Gun, Small Arms Fire | 18,518 |
| Multiple Fragmentary Wounds | 8,456 |
| Air Loss, Crash on Land | 7,992 |
| Other Explosive Devices | 7,450 |
| Artillery, Rocket or Mortar | 4,914 |
| Other Accident | 1,371 |
| Misadventure | 1,326 |
| Drowned, Suffocated | 1,207 |
| Vehicle Loss, Crash | 1,187 |
| Accidental Homicide | 944 |
| Accidental Self Destruction | 842 |
| Other Causes | 754 |
| Air Loss, Crash in Sea | 577 |
| Burns | 530 |
| Illness, Disease | 482 |
| Suicide | 382 |
| Heart Attack | 273 |
| Intentional Homicide | 234 |
| Malaria | 118 |
| Bomb Explosion | 52 |
| Stroke | 42 |
| Hepatitis | 22 |
| Unknown, Not Reported | 520 |
| Total | 58,193 |
Record counts provided for informational purposes only, not official statistics
CACCF Record Counts by Religion (as of 12/98)
| Religion | Number of Records |
| Assemblies of God | 117 |
| Baptist-American Baptist Church | 4 |
| Baptist-Southern Baptist Church | 121 |
| Baptist-Other Groups | 9,478 |
| Brethren, Dunkers | 63 |
| Buddhism | 53 |
| Christian Science | 63 |
| Church of Christ | 528 |
| Church of God | 238 |
| Congregational Christian | 145 |
| Disciples of Christ | 34 |
| Episcopal, Anglican | 825 |
| Evangelical, United Brethren | 39 |
| Evangelical, Reformed | 11 |
| Friends, Quakers | 12 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 26 |
| Jewish | 269 |
| Latter Day Saints, Mormon | 589 |
| Lutheran & Missouri Synod | 2,251 |
| Methodist | 4,079 |
| Mission Covenant | 1 |
| Moslem, Muslim | 12 |
| Nazarene | 132 |
| Orthodox, Greek | 58 |
| Orthodox, Russian | 22 |
| Pentecostal | 182 |
| Presbyterian | 1,303 |
| Protestant-Other Churches | 559 |
| Protestant-No Preference | 16,644 |
| Reformed | 45 |
| Roman Catholic | 16,815 |
| Seventh Day Adventist | 116 |
| Unitarian Universalistic | 45 |
| United Church of Christ | 11 |
| No Religious Preference | 1,284 |
| Other Religions | 210 |
| Unknown, Not Reported | 1,809 |
| Total | 58,193 |
Record counts provided for informational purposes only, not official statistics
CACCF Record Counts by Service Component (as of 12/98)
| Service Component | Number of Records |
| Military Reserves | 5,760 |
| National Guard | 97 |
| Regular Military | 34,475 |
| Selective Service * | 17,672 |
| Unknown | 189 |
| Total | 58,193 |
Record counts provided for informational purposes only, not official statistics
* Draftees
CACCF Record Counts by Sex (as of 12/98)
| Sex | Number of Records |
| Female | 8 |
| Male | 58,185 |
| Total | 58,193 |
Record counts provided for informational purposes only, not official statistics
CACCF Record Counts by State Home of Record (as of 12/98)
| State Home of Record | Number of Records |
| Alabama | 1,207 |
| Alaska | 57 |
| Arizona | 623 |
| Arkansas | 588 |
| California | 5,573 |
| Canal Zone | 2 |
| Colorado | 620 |
| Connecticut | 611 |
| Delaware | 122 |
| District of Columbia | 242 |
| Florida | 1,952 |
| Georgia | 276 |
| Guam | 70 |
| Hawaii | 276 |
| Idaho | 217 |
| Illinois | 2,934 |
| Indiana | 1,532 |
| Iowa | 853 |
| Kansas | 627 |
| Kentucky | 1,055 |
| Louisiana | 882 |
| Maine | 343 |
| Maryland | 1,014 |
| Massachusetts | 1,323 |
| Michigan | 2,654 |
| Minnesota | 1,072 |
| Mississippi | 637 |
| Missouri | 1,413 |
| Montana | 268 |
| Nebraska | 395 |
| Nevada | 151 |
| New Hampshire | 227 |
| New Jersey | 1,484 |
| New Mexico | 399 |
| New York | 4,121 |
| North Carolina | 1,609 |
| North Dakota | 198 |
| Ohio | 3,096 |
| Oklahoma | 988 |
| Oregon | 709 |
| Pennsylvania | 3,144 |
| Puerto Rico | 345 |
| Rhode Island | 207 |
| South Carolina | 896 |
| South Dakota | 193 |
| Tennessee | 1,291 |
| Texas | 3,415 |
| Utah | 366 |
| Vermont | 100 |
| Virgin Islands | 15 |
| Virginia | 1,304 |
| Washington | 1,050 |
| West Virginia | 732 |
| Wisconsin | 1,161 |
| Wyoming | 120 |
| Other Countries | 121 |
| Total | 58,193 |
Record counts provided for informational purposes only, not official statistics
CACCF Record Counts by Year of Death or Declaration of Death (as of 12/98)
Year of Death or Declaration of Death |
Number of Records |
1956-1960 |
9 |
1961 |
16 |
1962 |
52 |
1963 |
118 |
1964 |
206 |
1965 |
1,863 |
1966 |
6,143 |
1967 |
11,153 |
1968 |
16,592 |
1969 |
11,616 |
1970 |
6,081 |
1971 |
2,357 |
1972 |
641 |
1973 |
168 |
1974 |
178 |
1975 |
161 |
1976 |
77 |
1977 |
96 |
1978 |
447 |
1979 |
148 |
1980 |
26 |
1981-1990 |
34 |
1991-1998 |
11 |
Total |
58,193 |
Record counts provided for informational purposes only, not official statistics
TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS EVACUATED FROM VIETNAM, U.S. ARMY, BY MONTH, 1965-69
Month |
1965 |
1966 |
1967 |
1968 |
1969 |
| January | 164 |
832 |
1,469 |
2,417 |
3,224 |
| February | 227 |
1,330 |
1,851 |
3,576 |
3,099 |
| March | 226 |
1,062 |
2,178 |
2,471 |
4,166 |
| April | 252 |
853 |
1,780 |
2,782 |
3,210 |
| May | 300 |
1,298 |
2,367 |
3,952 |
4,334 |
| June | 480 |
1,256 |
2,072 |
2,701 |
3,951 |
| July | 471 |
766 |
1,595 |
2,569 |
2,879 |
| August | 821 |
957 |
1,521 |
2,700 |
3,308 |
| September | 999 |
942 |
1,431 |
3,401 |
2,187 |
| October | 1,978 |
983 |
1,851 |
2,856 |
1,890 |
| November | 2,361 |
1,331 |
2,435 |
2,790 |
1,789 |
| December | 1,885 |
996 |
2,152 |
3,176 |
1,879 |
|
10,164 |
12,606 |
22,702 |
35,391 |
35,916 |
Source: Army Medical Service Activities Report, MACV, 1965; Army Medical Service Activities Reports, 44th Medical Brigade, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969.
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