Vietnam War by the Numbers

December 10, 2024 Last Updated: December 16, 2024 02:19 PM America 250

U.S. Army Bell UH-1D helicopters airlift members of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment from the Filhol Rubber Plantation area to a new staging area, during Operation "Wahiawa", a search and destroy mission conducted by the 25th Infantry Division, northeast of Cu Chi, South Vietnam, 1966. Photo by James K. F. Dung, SFC, Photographer. National Archives

Active-duty U.S. soldiers serving in Vietnam: 2.7 million

Total number of draftees: 1.9 million

Total U.S. military personnel: 9.1 million

U.S. soldiers killed: 58,220

U.S. soldiers wounded: 304,000

Pennsylvania soldiers killed: 3,142

Average age of KIA: 23, but 61% were younger than 21

Still missing: 1,575 as of July 2024*

Butler County KIA:

BRUIN:

Sgt. Joseph George Kusick

BUTLER:

Pfc. Paul Edward Angert

Pfc. William Roger Campbell

Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Anthony Cicchiani

Sgt. 1st Class James Robert Couch

Cpl. Thomas Eugene Czzowitz

Capt. Joseph Clarence Doyle

Pfc. Edward Francis Heasley

Specialist 4 Edward Thomas Kiezkowski

Sgt. Allen George Lane

Specialist 4 William Elgie Lesnik

Sgt. Raymond Patrick Link

1st Lt. Marlin McClelland Miller

Staff Sgt. Francis Clair Rummel

Sgt. Charles Frederick Setzenfand

Cpl. David Hugh Smith

Pfc. Paul Stasko Jr.

Maj. William Fredrick Winters

EVANS CITY:

Specialist 4 Walter Edward Barnes

Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Charles Leonberg

CHICORA:

Pfc. Douglas Vernon Andre

CABOT:

Specialist 4 Martin William Weleski III

FAIRVIEW:

Cpl. David Charles Bugman

Sgt. Alfred August Kaspaul

HARRISVILLE:

Chief Warrant Officer James Albert Bailey

HARMONY:

Lance Cpl. Ronald Eugene Gerwig

HILLIARDS

Cpl. Luciano Plesakov

KARNS CITY:

Pfc. John James McElroy

LYNDORA:

Pfc. Richard Dennis Coyle

Sgt. Gary Dewayne Reed

PETROLIA:

Chief Warrant Officer Kenneth Allen Barger

RENFREW:

Specialist 4 Gary Richard George

SAXONBURG:

Specialist 4 Clyde Walter Klingensmith

Specialist 4 James Thomas Steighner

Sgt. Glenn Robert Wylie

VALENCIA:

Gunnery Sgt. Harold Eugene Morrow

WEST SUNBURY:

Specialist 4 Robert Lee Glasgow

ZELIENOPLE:

Sgt. Thomas Ralph Bierline

Pfc. Richard Harry Williams

Staff Sgt. Steven William Ziegler

UNKNOWN

Capt. Merle D. Brown

Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Russell Kisner

Sources: National Archives, VietnamVeteranProject.org, Butler County Veterans Services, *Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Sources: National Archives, VietnamVeteranProject.org, Butler County Veterans Services, *Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

This story was updated to include Specialist 4 Martin William Weleski III, Specialist 4 Gary Richard George, Specialist 4 Clyde Walter Klingensmith, CWO James Albert Bailey, Capt. Merle D. Brown, Sgt. 2st Class, Thomas Russell Kisner, Cpl. David Hugh Smith and Cpl. Luciano Plesakov, according to other sources, including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and the Butler County Veterans Services office.