They Too Fell: Non-Hostile Deaths of 1,400 U.S. Army Personnel in Vietnam During My Tour of Duty, 1967-1968

This work explains how 1,400 American soldiers died during the author's twelve months of U.S. Army service in Vietnam combined with his personal reminiscences from each month. The Department of Defense used nineteen casualty detail headings to categorize non-hostile deaths, but attributed friendly fire deaths to hostile causes. However, many "misadventure" fatalities were accidents and are included in the 1,400. The first two chapters define each casualty detail, and how it might have occur...