Casualty Statistics

**CACCF Record Counts by Age at Time of Death or Declaration of Death (as of 12/98)**
Age at Time of Death/Declaration of Death	Number of Records
17	12
18	3,103
19	8,283
20	14,095
21	9,705
22	4,798
23	3,495
24	2,650
25	2,018
26	1,414
27	917
28	768
29	710
30-39	4,927
40-49	1,156
50-59	121
60-62	4
Unknown, Not Reported	17
Total	58,193

**CACCF Record Counts by Casualty Type (as of 12/98)**
Type of Casualty	Number of Records
Hostile, Killed in Action	38,502
Hostile, Died of Wounds	5,264
Hostile, Died While Missing	3,524
Hostile, Died While Captured	116
Non-Hostile, Died from Other Causes	7,458
Non-Hostile, Died of Illness or Injury	1,978
Non-Hostile, Died While Missing	1,351
Total	58,193

**CACCF Record Counts by Country of Casualty (as of 12/98)**
Country of Casualty	Number of Records
Cambodia	520
Laos	733
North Vietnam	1,124
Communist China	10
Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)	55,629
Thailand	177
Total	58,193

CACCF Record Counts by Reason (Cause of Casualty) (as of 12/98)
in order of most frequent cause to least frequent cause
Reason (Cause of Casualty)	Number of Records
Gun, Small Arms Fire	18,518
Multiple Fragmentary Wounds	8,456
Air Loss, Crash on Land	7,992
Other Explosive Devices	7,450
Artillery, Rocket or Mortar	4,914
Other Accident	1,371
Misadventure	1,326
Drowned, Suffocated	1,207
Vehicle Loss, Crash	1,187
Accidental Homicide	944
Accidental Self Destruction	842
Other Causes	754
Air Loss, Crash in Sea	577
Burns	530
Illness, Disease	482
Suicide	382
Heart Attack	273
Intentional Homicide	234
Malaria	118
Bomb Explosion	52
Stroke	42
Hepatitis	22
Unknown, Not Reported	520
Total	58,193

**CACCF Record Counts by Religion (as of 12/98)**
Religion	Number of Records
Assemblies of God	117
Baptist-American Baptist Church	4
Baptist-Southern Baptist Church	121
Baptist-Other Groups	9,478
Brethren, Dunkers	63
Buddhism	53
Christian Science	63
Church of Christ	528
Church of God	238
Congregational Christian	145
Disciples of Christ	34
Episcopal, Anglican	825
Evangelical, United Brethren	39
Evangelical, Reformed	11
Friends, Quakers	12
Jehovahs Witnesses	26
Jewish	269
Latter Day Saints, Morman	589
Lutheran & Missouri Synod	2,251
Methodist	4,079
Mission Covenant	1
Moslem, Muslim	12
Nazarene	132
Orthodox, Greek	58
Orthodox, Russian	22
Pentacostal	182
Presbyterian	1,303
Protestant-Other Churches	559
Protestant-No Preference	16,644
Reformed	45
Roman Catholic	16,815
Seventh Day Adventist	116
Unitarian Universalist	45
United Church of Christ	11
No Religious Preference	1,284
Other Religions	210
Unknown, Not Reported	1,809
Total	58,193

**CACCF Record Counts by Year of Death or Declaration of Death (as of 12/98)**
Year of Death or Declaration of Death	Number of Records
1956-1960	9
1961	16
1962	52
1963	118
1964	206
1965	1,863
1966	6,143
1967	11,153
1968	16,592
1969	11,616
1970	6,081
1971	2,357
1972	641
1973	168
1974	178
1975	161
1976	77
1977	96
1978	447
1979	148
1980	26
1981-1990	34
1991-1998	11
Total	58,193

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