Over 170,000 Hispanic GI's served in the Vietnam War; approximately 3,070 Hispanics died there.
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Chicanos are people who are born in the United States but have Mexican ancestry.
The U.S. involvement peaked in Vietnam in 1968. It was also the year for the highest number of casualties.
The "Zoot Suits" were mostly made up of Chicanos , African-Americans and Italian Americans during the 1940s .
Over 58,000 US servicemen died in Vietnam.
Total American deaths in Vietnam from 1959 through the end of 1963 were 195. Therefore the total by Nov. 1963 would not be more than that and possibly somewhat fewer. Reference: http://www.militaryfactory.com/vietnam/casualties.asp#13