Casualties in War:  Comparing losses in Vietnam for the Americal Division and 1st Bn 6th Inf with
losses in selected other wars in American history.
 
     Vietnam War and Army Unit Killed in Action Wounds not mortal, WIA
1st Bn 6th Inf  (the first year in Vietnam - Nov 1967 to Oct 1968)* 103 Not available
1st Bn 6th Inf  (cumulative losses - Nov 1967 to Nov 1971) 203 Not available
1st Bn 6th Inf  (1970 only, approximately 750 soldiers serving )* 39 363
Americal Division (1970 only, 26 battalions - 20,000+  serving)* 756 5983
Americal Division (11th, 196th & 198th Inf Bdes)(cumulative1967-71) 4,093 Not available
     Other Conflicts and Units Involved
Iraqi Freedom (Post Combat Operations) - five division equivalents with more than 75 battalions) 1 May 2003 - 30 Apr 2004 462 3700 (Approx)
Iraqi Freedom (Combat Operations) - with 130,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines serving) 19 Mar 2003 - 30 Apr 2003 109 545
Desert Storm (ten Divisions, more than 300 battalions) 98 467 (all services)
Somalia 27 Not available
Grenada (7,355 serving) 12 120
Panama (25,750 serving) 18 255
Spanish American War (1898 w/ 280,564 serving) 369 1,594
Mexican War (1846-1848 w/ 78,718 serving) 1,721 4,102
War of 1812  (1812-1815 w/ 286,730 serving) 1,950 4,000
Revolutionary War (1775-1783 w/ approx. 184,000 serving) 4,044 6,004

[*Note:  casualty figures for the 1st Bn 6th Inf and the Americal Division are from a manual count of a 1968
memorial service roster and the official casualty roster for 1970; other figures are from Department of Defense
data for losses for Army personnel.]

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