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TABLE 6-1. TOTAL US MILITARY PERSONNEL IN SOUTH VIETNAM
MARINE AIR COST
DATE ARMY NAVY CORPS FORCE GUARD TOTAL
31 DEC. 1960 800 15 2 68 - ABOUT 900
31 DEC. 1961 2,100 100 5 1,000 - 3,205
30 JUNE 1962 5,900 300 700 2,100 - 9,000
31 DEC. 1962 7,900 500 500 2,400 - 11,300
30 JUNE 1963 10,200 600 600 4,000 - 15,400
31 DEC. 1963 10,100 800 800 4,600 - 16,300
30 JUNE 1964 9,900 1,000 600 5,000 - 16,500
31 DEC. 1964 14,700 1,100 900 6,600 - 23,300
30 JUNE 1965 27,300 3,800 18,100 10,700 - 59.900
31 DEC. 1965 116,800 8,400 38,200 20,600 3C0 184,300
30 JUNE 1966 160,000 17,000 53,700 36,400 400 267,500
31 DEC. 1966 239,400 23,300 69,200 52,900 500 385,300
30 JUNE 1967 285,700 28,500 78,400 55,700 500 448,800
31 DEC. 1967 319,500 31,7L0 78.000 55,900 500 485,600
30 JUNE 1968 354,300 35,600 83,600 60,700 500 534,700
31 DEC. 1968 359,800 36,100 81,400 58,400 400 536,100
30 APR. 1969 363,300 36,500 81,800 61,400 400 *543,400
30 JUNE 1969 360,500 35,800 81,500 60,500 400 538,700
31 DEC. 1969 331,100 30,200 55,100 58,400 400 475,200
30 JUNE 1970 298,600 25,700 39,900 5u,500 200 414,900
31 DEC. 1970 249,600 16,700 25,100 43,100 100 334,600
30 JUNE 1971 190,500 10,700 500 37,400 100 239,200
31 DEC. 1971 119,700 7,600 600 28,800 100 156,800
30 JUNE 1972 31,800 2,200 1,400 li,500 100 47,000
31 DEC. 1972 13,800 1,500 1,200 7,600 100 24,200
30 JUNE 1973 ** ***x
* PEAK STRENGTH.
S** TOTALS FOR ALL FIVE SERVICES COMBINED LESS THAN 250.
SCURCE: US Deparement of Defense, OASD (Comptroller),
Directorate for Informaticn Operations, March 19, 1974
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