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A fair estimate would be counting South Vietnamese civilians as the highest casualty numbers from VC activity. US Military casualties from VC engagements would be from Military Regions III and IV (III Corps & IV Corps/all AOs south of the Central Highlands). From II Corps up was NVA territory; south of it was VC territory.

As a rule of thumb; during the war, VC tended to prey upon villagers; the NVA took on the military (uniformed draftees fighting uniformed draftees).

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