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There are slight variations in the official figures, because 88 names were added in 1997. The most official number seems to be 58,266 American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines killed. This includes died in captivity, non-combat deaths, died of wounds, etc.

The largest number of dead were from California. The most common rank killed was E-03 (private first class in the army or lance corporal in marines) with 17,000 killed. The most common officer rank to die was 1st Lieutenant. The highest ranking officers were major generals (5 of them).

Blacks were 7,200 of the dead, about 13%.

38,000 of the dead were army and 14,800 were marines.

In addition to the dead, 75,000 were 'severely disabled' after wounds or injuries suffered. More than 25,000 of those were 'totally disabled'.

2.6 million American men and women served in Vietnam and nearly one million more served in the Southeast Asia Theater area during the war.

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