TABLE OF CONTENTS
Primary Sources
“South Vietnamese Officer Executes a Viet Cong Prisoner” Photograph (1968)
Combat Area Casualties (1998)
Memorandum for the President from Henry Kissinger: “Possible Responses to Enemy Activity in South Vietnam” (1969)
Agenda and Testimony of William Colby (1970)
Quang Nam Province: Phoenix/Phung Hoang Briefing (1970)
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.
National Archives: [Southeast Asia] Combat Area Casualties Current File (CACCF); Casualties by year.