Annual Allied Troop Levels-Vietnam*
Vietnam
1960 - 1973
 
Year Totals RVN USA KOR THA AUS PHL 1 NZL ROC 2 ESP 3 FRG 4
1959 243,760 243,000 760                
1960 243,900 243,000 900                
1961 246,205 243,000 3,205                
1962 254,330 243,000 11,300     30          
1963 259,498 243,000 16,300     198          
1964 537,780 514,000 23,300 200   200 20 30 30    
1965 849,210 642,500 184,300 20,620 20 1,560 70 120 20    
1966 1,153,834 735,900 385,300 25,570 240 4,530 2,060 160 23 13 38
1967 1,343,807 798,700 485,600 47,830 2,200 6,820 2,020 530 31 18 38
1968 1,421,945 820,000 536,100 50,000 6,000 7,660 1,580 520 29 18 38
1969 1,441,137 897,000 475,200 48,870 11,570 7,670 190 550 29 20 38
1970 1,370,017 968,000 334,600 48,450 11,570 6,800 70 440 31 18 38
1971 1,256,984 1,046,250 156,800 45,700 6,000 2,000 50 100 31 15 38
1972 1,109,291 1,048,000 24,200 36,790 40 130 50 50 31    
1973 1,110,050 1,110,081 5 50           31    
1Philippine Engineer & Civil Affairs Missions
2Pilots & Air Crews Only. Pilots & Military Advisors remained in country till April 1975; CIA statement said Taiwan total involved in Covert Infiltration Ops, Intel & Electronic Survailance was "several hundred"
3 Spanish Military Surgical Medical Mission
4 German Hospital Ship MS Helgoland
5RVN strength may have been only 689,000 - 748,000 Vietnam From Cease-Fire to Capitulation, LeGro, p.28.
 
Chart excludes:
1) Non-military personnel (Doctors, Teachers, Technical Specialists, Boat Captains, Covert Operators) from Afghanistan, Australia, Belgium, Republic of China, Denmark, Japan, Federal Republic of Germany, Republic of Korea, France, Laos, Greece, Malaysia, Ireland, New Zealand, Italy, Pakistan, Luxembourg, Phillipines, The Netherlands, Norway, Thailand, Norway, Switzerland, Iran, United Kingdom, Turkey, Canada, Liberia, Morocco, Argentina, South Africa, Brazil,Tunisia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Uruguay, Guatemala and Venezuela.
 
2) Civilian Intel & Govt personnel from the Republic of China and the US.
 
*Table courtesy of the American War Library and Data courtesty of the US Dept of Defense, Manpower Data Center.