The Army had around 4,368,000 members. The Marines had about 794,000. The Navy generally had 1,842,000. Lastly, the Air Force probably had about 1,740,000.
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Approximately 1,736,000 US Soldiers; 391,000 US Marines; 293,000 US Airmen; and about 100,000 US Sailors/Coast Guardsmen fought in the Vietnam War.
There were about 10 Armored Cavalry Squadrons in Vietnam; each squadron containing approximately 4 Troops...three line and one headquarters.
See Vietnam War casualties by year (posted by 1/69th Armor Association).
US Servicemen had been fighting communists in South Vietnam since 1955.
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Britain did not want to weaken it's forces in Europe by sending troops to Vietnam.
Over 58,000 US Servicemen were killed in the war. 58,169 were killed and 304,000 wounded out of 2.59 million who served.