Pro-US / South Vietnam Forces ≈1,830,000 (1968)
South Vietnam: 850,000 (1968) 1,500,000 (1974-75)
United States: 536,100 (1968)
South Korea: 50,000
Australia: 7,672
New Zealand: 552
Thailand: 11,570
Philippines: 2,020
Pro-North Vietnam Forces
≈461,000
North Vietnam: 287,465 (January 1968)
China: 170,000 (in 1965-69)
Soviet Union: 3,000
North Korea: 300-600
Troops or combatants? One of the realities of the Vietnam War was that many of the armed participants were not members of the military, but individuals that picked up weapons and fought when they weren't farming their fields.
By the end of 1965, the United States had 184,300 troops in Vietnam.
83,115 Troops
Not many because most of the communist troops were from the north. Take my word cas I am vietnamese if you can't tell by my name
5000000
roughly 60,000
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There were not any troops in Vietnam during the Kennedy administration. Just 500 military advisors. Kennedy was assassinated before we sent troops
See: Vietnam Time-line
When President Nixon took office there was approximately 536,100 American troops in Vietnam. President Nixon immediately started reducing the number of troops in Vietnam.
Approximately 2,594,000 US servicemen served in the Vietnam War.
AnswerAmericans were involved in that war for about 19 years.First combat troops 3/8/1965Nixon suspends offensive actions 1/15/1973South Vietnam surrenders 4/30/1975
at the height of the war, nearly 600,000 US troops were sent to Vietnam. The actual number of soldiers involved in the war from 1955 to 1975 was in millions.