Only 3 US MARINE aviators were confirmed to have aerial kills during the Vietnam War; all three airmen flew the F4 Phantom, with USAF, USN backseaters: 1. CPT Doyle D. Baker (one MIG17) 2. CPT Lawrence G. Richard (one MIG21) 3. MAJ Lee T. Lasseter (one MIG21)
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Not counting helicoper pilots and aircrewmen; over 6,000 Fixed-wing/propeller/jet US pilots and aircrewmen were killed or missing during the Vietnam War.
The mission of kamikaze pilots was to sink or damage Allied aircraft carriers and capital ships
There was no safe way to leave an airplane at that time as there was too much chance of it tangling in the aircraft rigging.
There were 98 American aircraft destroyed (it may include planes destroyed on the ground at Midway), though not all there pilots were killed. The figure of 307 includes aircraft crewmen (non-pilots) losses on the island of Midway and people assigned to ships crews.
The Japanese Lost 4 aircraft carriers, along with their pilots at the Battle of Midway. The USA lost one aircraft carrier. Midway is considered the beginning of the end of the war for Japan and the start of their road to defeat.