About the Author

Fritz Fischer is a Professor of History and Director of History Education at the University of Northern Colorado. He is the 1998 recipient of the College of Arts and Sciences award for outstanding teaching and the recipient of the Mortar Board Outstanding Teacher Award in 2003 and 2006.

The Tet Offensive

Combat Area Casualties (1998)

Annotation

This chart shows the number of deaths recorded each year of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. The chart records those who actually died each year, although some of the deaths occurred after the year in which the soldier was wounded. Nevertheless, the chart is noteworthy because it displays the large number of U.S. soldiers who died after the Tet Offensive, the vast majority of whom became casualties after the Tet Offensive.