2,555 US Sailors were killed in the Viet War.
SEE: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, and Statistics About the Vietnam War (Recommended by the History Channel).
Over 2,000 US helicopter crewmen were KIA in the Vietnam War.
US Navy verses North Vietnamese Navy.
Roughly a million Vietnamese were killed in the war.
Because the North Viet Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonkin Gulf.
In America: Soldiers are members of an army. Sailors are members of a navy. Airmen are aviation personnel, normally as members of an Air Force; Marines are Marines and are assigned to the US Navy. Surely you must mean how many US Servicemen were killed in WWII contrasted with the Vietnam War...because there ARE break-down statistics for "Soldier" casualties ONLY; for example, over 58,000 US servicemen were killed in Vietnam...of that figure, about 38,209 were US SOLDIERS. More US servicemen were killed in WWII than Vietnam.
Discounting Airman, Marines, and Sailors: Over 38,000 US Soldiers were killed in Vietnam.
Over 58,000 US Servicemen were killed in the Vietnam War.
46 US Navy SEALs and 834 US Army SF men (Green Beret) were killed in the Vietnam War.
If your question is about the youngest US Servicemen killed in Vietnam; See: Statistics About the Vietnam War (on line); Recommended by the History Channel.
SEE: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, and Statistics About the Vietnam War (Recommended by the History Channel).
About 38,209 US soldiers were killed in Vietnam. The other dead 20,000 men were Airmen, Marines, and Sailors.
58,220 (est) .
Over 2,000 US helicopter crewmen were KIA in the Vietnam War.
During the Vietnam War, a total of 16 US General officers were killed in action. These General officers held ranks ranging from Brigadier General to Major General. Their deaths were a significant loss to the US military leadership during the conflict.
About 25,000 US servicemen 20 and younger were killed in Vietnam.
North Viet Navy attacked the US Navy in the Tonking Gulf in '64. The US retaliated.