KEY for casualty codes from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Database (merged with TAGCEN by Gary Roush of the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association) MILGRADE is a 4 Character field indicating rank of the KIA as indicated by the following tables. 2LT 01 2LT Second Lieutenant 1LT 02 1LT First Lieutenant CPT 03 CAPT Captain MAJ 04 MAJ Major LTC 05 LTC Lieutenant Colonel COL 06 COL Colonel BG 07 BGEN Brigadier General MG 08 MG Major General LTG 09 LTG Lieutenant General GEN 10 GEN General PV1 E1 PV1 Private PV2 E2 PV2 Private PFC E3 PFC Private First Class CPL E4 CPL Corporal SP4 E4 SP4 Specialist Fourth Class SGT E5 SGT Sergeant SP5 E5 SP5 Specialist Fifth Class SSG E6 SSGT Staff Sergeant SP6 E6 SP6 Specialist Sixth Class SFC E7 SFC Sergeant First Class PSG E7 PSGT Platoon Sergeant SP7 E7 SP7 Specialist Seventh Class MSG E8 MSGT Master Sergeant 1SG E8 1SG First Sergeant SMA E9 SMA Sergeant Major of the Army CSM E9 CSM Command Sergeant Major SGM E9 SMAJ Sergeant Major WO1 W1 WO Warrant Officer CW2 W2 CWO Chief Warrant Officer CW3 W3 CWO Chief Warrant Officer CW4 W4 CWO Chief Warrant Officer ORGAN: major unit of organization (Army only); number following is total number KIA from that unit AB 173rd Airborne Brigade 1,717 AC 11th Armored Cavalry 715 AD Americal 773 BI 198th Light Infantry Brigade 949 EA 82nd Airborne Division 223 EC Engineering Command 63 EI 11th Light Infantry Brigade 1,095 FA 1st Aviation Brigade 1,637 FC 1st Cavalry Division Airmbl 5,367 FF 1st Field Force 340 FI 1st Infantry Division 3,094 FL 1st Logistic Command 586 FS 1st Signal Brigade 189 IB 196th Light Infantry Brigade 1,171 IF 4th Infantry Division 2,496 IM 5th Infantry Division Mech 520 IN 9th Infantry Division 2,586 LI 199th Light Infantry Brigade 741 MV MACV Advisors 997 OA 101st Airborne Division Airmbl 3,906 SF Special Forces 739 TF 2nd Field Force 76 TI 25th Infantry Division 4,486 UV US Army Republic of Vietnam 809 XX Other 2,942 CASTYPE: A1 = HOSTILE, DIED A2 = HOSTILE, DIED OF WOUNDS A3 = HOSTILE, DIED WHILE MISSING A4 = HOSTILE, DIED WHILE CAPTURED B5 = HOSTILE-MISSING, RETURNED B6 = HOSTILE, NOW MISSING B7 = HOSTILE-CAPTURED, RETURNED B8 = HOSTILE, NOW CAPTURED C1 = NON-HOSTILE, DIED OF OTHER CAUSES C2 = NON-HOSTILE, DIED OF ILLNESS/INJURY C3 = NON-HOSTILE, DIED WHILE MISSING D5 = NON-HOSTILE MISSING, RETURNED D6 = NON-HOSTILE, NOW MISSING REASON: Casualties are further categorized by specific cause, as given by the codes below. Note that "misadventure" generally means "friendly fire". A = AIR LOSS, CRASH - SEA B = AIR LOSS, CRASH - LAND C = VEHICLE LOSS, CRASH D = GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE E = ARTILLERY, ROCKET, MORTAR F = BOMB EXPLOSION G = OTHER EXPLOSIVE DEVICE H = MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS I = MISADVENTURE J = DROWNED, SUFFOCATED K = BURNS L = ILLNESS, DISEASE M = MALARIA N = HEPATITIS O = HEART ATTACK P = STROKE Q = SUICIDE R = ACCIDENTAL SELF-DESTRUCTION S = INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE T = ACCIDENTAL HOMICIDE U = OTHER ACCIDENT V = OTHER CAUSES Z = UNKNOWN, NOT REPORTED DEATHDATE: date individual declared dead, regardless of event date. EVENT DATE: possibly identical to DEATHDATE, but date of event that caused person's death. PROV = PROVINCE 01 QUANG TRI 02 THUA THIEN 03 QUANG NAM 04 QUANG TIN 05 QUANG NGAI 06 KONTUM 07 BINH DINH 08 PLEIKU 09 PHU YEN 10 DARLAC 11 KHANH HOA 12 TUYEN DUC 13 QUANG DUC 14 PHUOC LONG 15 LAM DONG 16 NINH THUAN 17 BINH THUAN 18 BINH THUY 19 LONG KHANH 20 PHUOC THANH 21 BINH LONG 22 TAY NINH 23 BINH DUONG 24 GIA DINH 25 BIEN HOA 26 PHUOC TUY 27 LONG AN 28 KIEN TUONG 29 KIEN PHONG 30 DINH TUONG 31 AN GIANG 32 VINH LONG 33 KIEN HOA 34 VINH BINH 35 PHONG DINH 36 KIEN GIANG 37 CHUONG THIEN 38 BA XUGEN 39 AN XUGEN 40 CON SON ISLAND 41 PHU BON 42 HUA NGHIA 43 GO CONG 44 BAC LIEU 45 CHUA DOC 46 SA DEC 47 UNKNOWN CODE 48 UNKNOWN CODE 49 PHU QUOC ISLAND 50 DMZ 81 OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 1 82 OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 2 83 OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 3 84 OFFSHORE, MILITARY REGION 4 89 OFFSHORE, PROVINCE & MILITARY REGION UNKNOWN 91 PROVINCE UNKNOWN, MILITARY REGION 1 92 PROVINCE UNKNOWN, MILITARY REGION 2 93 PROVINCE UNKNOWN, MILITARY REGION 3 94 PROVINCE UNKNOWN, MILITARY REGION 4 99 PROVINCE AND MILITARY REGION UNKNOWN HOME STATE: 01 = AL = Alabama 02 = AK = Alaska 03 = AZ = Arizona 04 = AR = Arkansas 05 = CA = California 06 = CO = Colorado 07 = CT = Connecticut 08 = DE = Delaware 09 = DC = District of Columbia 10 = FL = Florida 11 = GA = Georgia 12 = HI = Hawaii 13 = ID = Idaho 14 = IL = Illinois 15 = IN = Indiana 16 = IA = Iowa 17 = KS = Kansas 18 = KY = Kentucky 19 = LA = Louisiana 20 = ME = Maine 21 = MD = Maryland 22 = MA = Massachusetts 23 = MI = Michigan 24 = MN = Minnesota 25 = MS = Mississippi 26 = MO = Missouri 27 = MT = Montana 28 = NE = Nebraska 29 = NV = Nevada 30 = NH = New Hampshire 31 = NJ = New Jersey 32 = NM = New Mexico 33 = NY = New York 34 = NC = North Carolina 35 = ND = North Dakota 36 = OH = Ohio 37 = OK = Oklahoma 38 = OR = Oregon 39 = PA = Pennsylvania 40 = RI = Rhode Island 41 = SC = South Carolina 42 = SD = South Dakota 43 = TN = Tennessee 44 = TX = Texas 45 = UT = Utah 46 = VT = Vermont 47 = VA = Virginia 48 = WA = Washington 49 = WV = West Virginia 50 = WI = Wisconsin 51 = WY = Wyoming CZ = CZ = Canal Zone GU = GU = Guam PR = PR = Puerto Rico SO = SO = Am Samoa VO = VO = Virgin Islands XX = XX = Other ZZ = ZZ = Unknown
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