How many Americans died in the Vietnam War?

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, 58,135 Americans were killed and 153,303 wounded.

It is estimated that 1.3 million Vietnamese lost their lives.

Who wrote the U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing school segregation? Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, was written by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren (1891-1974). Delivered on May 17, 1954, it was one of the first of several major…
Did Grant and Lee meet in a courthouse to discuss terms for Lee’s surrender during the Civil War? The two commanders-in-chief Grant and Lee met at Appomattox Court House, but that was the name of a village in Virginia, not an actual courthouse. On April 9, 1865, Ulysses S. Grant accepted…
What percentage of New Yorkers in 1930 were members of immigrant families? Seventy-five percent of the population of New Yorkers in 1930 consisted of foreigners and their children. Italians and Eastern European Jews were the largest groups.
When did Oriole Park at Camden Yards open? The traditional baseball-only park at Camden Yards opened in Baltimore in April 1992. Influenced by big-league parks of the early 1900s like Ebbets Field, Fenway Park, and Wrigley Field, Oriole Park has an…
What U.S. ships were fired on in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964? No U.S. ships were fired on in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964. The U.S. Navy reported that month that the USS Maddox and the USS Turner had been fired upon by…
What did “ARVN” stand for in the Vietnam War? "ARVN" stood for "The Army of the Republic of Viet Nam" in the Vietnam War, the army that South Vietnam fielded against North Vietnam.