The book titled, "Vietnam Air Losses: US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in South East Asia 1961-1973", by Chris Hobson. Published in 2002. ISBN 1-85780-1156. Will list by name, rank, date of loss, area, type of aircraft, reason it was lost, and branch of service. More than 2,000 fixed wing aircraft were lost in the war. It will NOT cover covert operations, Air America, Ravens, etc. It will NOT cover helicopter losses nor operations.
Over 1,100 USAF airmen were lost in the war; over 900 USAF airmen were POWs.
Over 2,300 US fixed-wing aircraft were lost from the USA, USMC, USN, and USAF. Roughly 970 of them were jet aircraft.
Over 2,000 US helicopter pilots were killed in Vietnam.
Rationale for this answer:
1. Some sources will state over 5,000 helicopter pilots were killed in the Viet war.
2. Some sources will state about 2,200 UH-1 Iroquis (Huey) helicopter pilots were killed in the war. This figure would leave out all the other choppers used in the war such as the OH-58 Kiowas, OH-6 Cayuse, AH-1 Cobras, CH53, Chinooks, H21 Shawnees, Siouxs, Chocktaws, Sea Stallions, Jolly Green Giants, CH46s, etc.
3. Some sources have included other crewmen aboard those shot down helicopters, men that were not pilots, just members of the chopper's crew. Therefore that figure could vary from 2,000 to 4,000 dead men (2,000 pilots and 2,000 crewmen (door gunners, crew chiefs, etc.).
Consequently, the safest figure to give is over 2,000 helicoter pilots were killed in the Viet War.
Thousands! Not counting helicopters.
1. Nearly 400 F105 Thunderchiefs were lost in Vietnam
2. Over 360 A4 Skyhawks were lost
3. Over 260 A1 Skyraiders were lost
4. Over 240 F100 Super Sabres were lost
5. Over a dozen F101 Voodoos
6. Over a dozen F102 Delta Daggers
7. Over a dozen F104 Starfighters
8. Over 30 B52 Stratofortress heavy bombers
9. Nearly a 100 F8 Crusaders
10. Approximately 100 A7 Corsair IIs
11. Nearly 500 0-1 Bird Dog observation airplanes (includes Ravens)
12. Nearly 700 F4 Phantom IIs
And these figures don't count the Vigilantes, Canberras, Skymasters, Broncos, C47 Gunships, C119 Gunships, AC130 Spectres (gunships), B66 Destroyers, C123, C130s, C7s, U2 and SR71 reconnaissance aircraft.
Approximately 6,600 US MILITARY officers and nearly 15,000 US Marines were killed in Vietnam. An educated estimation of USMC officer losses during the war might be about 2,000 or 3,000 US Marine Corps officers killed during the conflict; given the tradition of the "leading from the front" and aggressiveness of the Marine Corps. US Army officer losses were also high, but army officers tend to let the air support and artillery do most of the fighting before they'll march into the woodline. US Air Force officer losses were primarily jet pilots and their aircrewmen.
For the US Army, during the Vietnam War, a battalion was about 600 men. The US Marine Corps will be similar in organization (during the Vietnam era).
1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment
The first elements left California in 1965 and the full division was in Vietnam by June of 1966.
Anyone can get cancer, whether or not they are in the Marine Corps.
A Marine Corps Lieutenant in South Vietnam.
Approximately 6,600 US MILITARY officers and nearly 15,000 US Marines were killed in Vietnam. An educated estimation of USMC officer losses during the war might be about 2,000 or 3,000 US Marine Corps officers killed during the conflict; given the tradition of the "leading from the front" and aggressiveness of the Marine Corps. US Army officer losses were also high, but army officers tend to let the air support and artillery do most of the fighting before they'll march into the woodline. US Air Force officer losses were primarily jet pilots and their aircrewmen.
The web address of the Marine Corps Vietnam Tankers Historical Foundation is: http://www.mcvthf.org
See website: USMC Corsair Aces of WW2
The address of the Marine Corps Vietnam Tankers Historical Foundation is: 707 Sw 350Th Ct, Federal Way, WA 98023
For the US Army, during the Vietnam War, a battalion was about 600 men. The US Marine Corps will be similar in organization (during the Vietnam era).
1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment
The 1st & 3rd US Marine Corps Tank Battalions.
Mainly Remington 700 and Winchester Model 70 or M21's.
Well for one thing, it's CORPS not "Corpse." Corpse is a dead body; Corps is a military unit consisting of 2 or more DIVISIONS. Although the Marine Corps fought from the Revolutionary War (1776) all the way to the 21st century (today)...and Vietnam probably killed more US Marines than in all of WWII (nearly 15,000 Marines were killed in Vietnam); The US Marines will always be remembered for WWII in the Pacific...where their GREATEST BATTLE occurred; Iwo Jima in '45. Iwo was strictly a Marine campaign; Okinawa was an Army campaign (with Marine reinforcements); GEN Simon Buckner, 10th Army commander was the highest ranking US Military officer killed by ENEMY ACTION in WWII...on Okinawa.
I recommend posting a notice with the Marine Corps League seeking Canadian Marine Vets.
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps - there's only one in the entire Marine Corps.