58,318 KIA or non-combat deaths (including the missing & deaths in captivity) 1,602 MIA (originally 2,646) 153,303 WIA (excluding 150,332 persons not requiring hospital care) 766 -- 778 POW (652 -- 662 freed / escaped *, 114 -- 116 died in captivity)
how many us troops died in the vietnam war
58,318