To begin with 180,000 US soldiers were sent but it was soon increased to 1/2 million.
500,000 soldiers
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A total of 58,168 American soldiers died in Vietnam during the Vietnam War!!
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Approximately 2,594,000 US Servicemen served in the Vietnam War.
About 38,209 US soldiers were killed in Vietnam. The other dead 20,000 men were Airmen, Marines, and Sailors.
Approximately 500,000 servicemen were in Vietnam in 1968.
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Over 500,000 US servicemen were in country in 1968/69. Servicemen, counts US Soldiers, Coast Guardsmen, Sailors, Airmen, and US Marines.
Discounting Airman, Marines, and Sailors: Over 38,000 US Soldiers were killed in Vietnam.
Approximately 3,323 US servicemen died in Vietnam in 1966.
Although many US senators were against the Vietnam War by 1968, only senators Morse, Gruening and Nelson were voting against appropriations. There seemed to be a consensus that voting money for the troops was not a test on one's position on the war. The belief was that the soldiers were entitled to government funding as long as the troops remained in Vietnam.
97%: Westmoreland.