Facts on the Vietnam War, Courtesy TAOR Newsletter for WAA Melbourne Sub-Branch Estimated casualties - 5 773 190 Estimated killed - 2 122 244 Dust-off missions - 500 000 Patients airlifted from battlefields - 900000 Assassinations (SV) - 36 725 Abductions (SV) - 58 499 Estimated SV civilians killed - 587 000 SV military personnel killed - 220,357 Defoliants used (litres) - 72 000 000 Area sprayed (acres) - 3 500 000 Helicopters used - 12 000 PAGE 24-MUFTI, December 2002
Helicopters downed (enemy fire) - 4 865 Average age of WW11 soldier - 26 Average age Australian soldier in Vietnam -20 Americans killed 58 169 Australians killed - 504 Americans less than 20 y.o. killed 11464 Americans severely disabled - 75 000 Ammunition expended monthly - 71000 Average artillery rounds expended each day in Vietnam - 10 000 The number of Australians registered for National Service in Australia - 804 000
Of those who were called up - 63 000 Of those who went to Vietnam - 18 000 USAF missions over Vietnam - Tonnage of bombs dropped - 6 7 094 WWII bombs dropped on Germany 2700000 Fixed wing aircraft lost in Via~ - 375 US airmen lost in Vietnam - 8040 B-52's lost to enemy action - 18 B-52's lost in collisions / accidents - 13 Field rations consumed each month 10 million Litres of petroleum used per month 303 million
