| Styrker | Falne | Skadet |
| Sør-Vietnam | 223 748 | 1 169 763 |
| USA | 47 378 | 304 704 |
| Sør-Korea | 4 407 | 17 060 |
| Australia | 469 | 2 940 |
| Thailand | 351 | 1 358 |
| New Zealand | 55 | 212 |
| Nord-Vietnam/ FNL | 1 100 000 | 600 000 |
| Styrker | Falne | Skadet |
| Sør-Vietnam | 223 748 | 1 169 763 |
| USA | 47 378 | 304 704 |
| Sør-Korea | 4 407 | 17 060 |
| Australia | 469 | 2 940 |
| Thailand | 351 | 1 358 |
| New Zealand | 55 | 212 |
| Nord-Vietnam/ FNL | 1 100 000 | 600 000 |
... but only for a time, said Reinhart Koselleck because "in the long run, the historical gains of knowledge come from the defeated."
While a history of the winners can only see one side—theirs—that of the defeated must, in order to understand what happened, take both sides into account.
- François Hartog, Historian, Professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris -
