human+costs


 * Hundreds of innocent children and villagers were killed in the midst of the war. Some families lost their homes because of the war. When American veterans came home, many committed suicide. The Human cost goes beyond numbers. The human cost reaches into the physiological damage of everyone involved.**

**Deaths** > 1,921,000 Vietnamese dead: > > **2,221,000 Total Indochinese Dead** 
 * 450,000 South Vietnamese civilians killed from 1961-1975;
 * 40,000 South Vietnamese civilians executed under Project Phoenix;
 * 176,000 soldiers of the Saigon regime (ARVN) killed 1961-1972;
 * 900,000 “enemy” soldiers killed (NLF and North Vietnamese forces) 1961-1972;
 * 155,000 soldiers on both sides killed 1973-1975; and
 * 200,000 North Vietnamese civilians killed 1961-1975.
 * 200,000 Cambodians dead (civilian and military), 1969-1975;
 * 100,000 Laotian dead (civilian and military) 1964-1973.

**Casualties**
 * 3,200,000 wounded Vietnamese, Laotians and Cambodians
 * 14,305,000 refugees by the time the war ended
 * 10,472,000 in South Vietnam;
 * 3,083,000 in Cambodia; and
 * 750,000 in Laos

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">South Vietnam: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">300,000 orphans
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">800,000 children who lost one or both parents
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">83,000 amputees
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">181,000 disabled
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">40,000 blind or deaf
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">8,000 paraplegics
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">131,000 war widows
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">200,000 prostitutes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">100,000 political prisoners

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">Cambodia: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">Laos: > > <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Hundreds of thousands of civilians killed and wounded
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">480,000 civilians killed and wounded
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">260,000 orphans and half orphans
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">350,000 civilians killed and wounded
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">—In North Vietnam

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">**United States** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium;">Out of 2,500,000 who served in Indochina: > <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** 58,151 dead from the war > <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** 2,284,000 Total War Dead ** <span style="color: #990000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">303,616 wounded in Indochina
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">13,167 100% disabled
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">55,000 have died since returning home (suicide, accidents, addictions, etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">500,000 have attempted suicide since returning home.
 * 58,000 Americans dead
 * 5,000 U.S. allies from 3rd countries killed
 * Married men killed: 17,539

The Hmong