US soldiers and Marines are fighting the Taliban .
About 38,209 US soldiers were killed in Vietnam. The other dead 20,000 men were Airmen, Marines, and Sailors.
United States Marines
6821 Americans died, but none of them were soldiers. Soldiers belong to the Army, and it was the US Marines who took Iwo Jima. So all the casualties were Marines, or medics serving with the Marines, who are US Navy Corpsmen. There were also 19,217 US wounded.
Nearly 14,000 US Marines were killed in Vietnam, and over 50,000 US Marines were wounded in the war.
They weren't all soldiers. Pampa TX sacrificed 6 men to the war: 2 US Soldiers; 2 US Marines; 1 US Sailor; and 1 USAF Aviator.
the nickname given to the US Marines is Jarhead
Yes , US Marines are among the most battle hardened because of their extensive exposure to combat in a wide variety of wars .
The following amount of men were deployed to the Vietnam War (Approximately): US Soldiers-1,736,000; US Marines-391,000; US Airmen-293,000, US Sailors/Coast Guardsmen-174,000.
Discounting Airman, Marines, and Sailors: Over 38,000 US Soldiers were killed in Vietnam.
St. Michael the Archangel is a patron saint of soldiers and marines are soldiers. Therefore, he is a patron saint of marines, also. However, the US Marine Corp is an arm of the US Federal Government and is constitutionally prohibited from having an "official" patron saint.
The two US Marines captured were : Ralph Ignatowski and Leonard Sokol .