Since then. according to the Pentagon: 44.729 more Americans have died in combat. and 9.364 have died in nonhostile action. 296.369 American men have been wounded. 135.970 South Vietnamese have died in combat. and 336.043 have been wounded. 725.000 North Vietnamese and National Liberation Front soldiers have been killed. not counting those who lost their lives in bombing attacks. In South Vietnam. 325.000 civilians have died. and total civilian casualties now stand at about 1.1 million. Refugees in South Vietnam and Laos alone number more than six million. Figures for Cambodia and North Vietnam are not available. and probably never will be. More than 5.6 million tons of bombs have been dropped on Indochina. 21/2 times the tonnage dropped by all sides in all theaters for all of World War II.
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