Approximately 2,594,000 US Servicemen served in Vietnam during the war. This includes the US Marine Corps, US Air Force, US Navy, US Coast Guard, and the US Army. Approximately 2,594,000 US Servicemen served in Vietnam during the war. This includes the US Marine Corps, US Air Force, US Navy, US Coast Guard, and the US Army.
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See: "Statistics About the Vietnam War." Recommended by the History Channel.
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US troop strength began to increase as the war in Vietnam continued without an end in sight. By the end of 1965, US President Johnson had authorized the 185,000 positioned in Vietnam.
Approximately 500,000 servicemen were in Vietnam in 1968.
See Vietnam War casualties by year (posted by 1/69th Armor Association).
US Servicemen had been fighting communists in South Vietnam since 1955.
In February, 1965, the Viet Cong attacked an American military base near Pleiku. Using the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, President Johnson sent in 3,500 Marines, the first official troops, to South Vietnam. By the end of the year, there were 200,000 US troops in Vietnam.
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