Approximately 1900 US servicemen are unaccounted for.
Currently, there are Embassy Guard U.S. Marines and U.S. Military Liaison servicemen and women at the U.S. Embassy in HaNoi and at the U.S.Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City.
Additionally, a team of crash site and burial site investigators based in Hawaii travel to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia regularly in search of U.S. military remains.
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President Eisenhower sent US Military Advisers to South Vietnam in 1955.
8 US Nurses died in Vietnam, all but one from accidents.
Recommend researching: Statistics About The Vietnam War-Recommended by the History Channel.
US Airmen and Sailors conducted war against NORTH Vietnam with their airplanes and battleships (one battleship actually, the USS New Jersey), cruisers, and destroyers firing from the gunline. US Soldiers and Marines fought on the ground in SOUTH Vietnam.
They weren't all soldiers. Pampa TX sacrificed 6 men to the war: 2 US Soldiers; 2 US Marines; 1 US Sailor; and 1 USAF Aviator.