The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall website has an "information column" which lists that type of data.
See: Statistics About the Vietnam War. Recommended by the History Channel.
Around 58,000
The Defense Department recorded 16 American deaths in Vietnam in 1961 , 53 in 1962 and 122 in 1963. This figure includes deaths by accident and suicide.
The US suffered 58,220 deaths .
3,027
There were no American deaths in Vietnam during the administration of Harry Truman. The first deaths occurred in 1959 under Eisenhower.
No. World War 2 had 418,500 US Deaths. Vietnam had 58,217 US Deaths. and 155,359 Wounded/MIA (1,947 are MIA)
Here is a breakdown for the Vietnam War: Vietnam War (1964–1975) Total servicemembers 8,744,000 Serving in-theater 3,403,000 Battle deaths 47,410 Other deaths in service (theater) 10,789 Other deaths in service (nontheater) 32,000 Nonmortal woundings 153,303
Total American deaths in Vietnam from 1959 through the end of 1963 were 195. Therefore the total by Nov. 1963 would not be more than that and possibly somewhat fewer. Reference: http://www.militaryfactory.com/vietnam/casualties.asp#13
There are more deaths on the highway in one year than the total amount of deaths in the Viet-Nam era.
About 12 percent.
Artillery, mortars, and rockets.