Aftermath
- In the entire war, the total death toll is estimated to be 1.3 million to 3.9 million.
- Between one and two million Vietnamese civilians died.
- South Vietnam suffered about 254,300 troop deaths.
- The deaths of North Vietnam and Viet Cong troops numbered about half a million.
- About 56,800 Americans lost their lives, about 303,700 seriously wounded.
- Around 1150 Chinese, and 5100 Koreans died during the war.
See the photographs below to get a more intuitive sense of how much pain the war had brought to people.
Source: http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2017/03/31/vietnam-war-photos-associated-press
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- Vietnamese father and daughter wounded when U.S. Marines dropped hand grenades into their bunker
- A distraught father holds the body of his child as South Vietnamese Rangers look down from their armored vehicle, March 19, 1964.
- Napalm Girl
- Women and children crouch in a muddy canal as they take cover from intense Viet Cong fire, January 1, 1966.
- A woman mourns over the body of her husband after identifying him by his teeth, and covering his head with her conical hat, April 11, 1969
