The Vietnam War officially ends with the fall of Saigon and the reunification of Vietnam. The human costs of the long conflict was very high for all involved. Current estimates of those who had died or were missing as a result of the war are: As many as 2 million Vietnamese civilians on both sides and at least 1.1 million North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters.
The U.S. military has estimated that between 200,000 and 250,000 South Vietnamese soldiers died in the war. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is inscribed with the names of more than 58,200 members of U.S. armed forces who had died or were missing as a result of the war. At least 100 names on the memorial are those of servicemen who were actually Canadian citizens. South Korea suffered more than 4,000 dead, Thailand about 350, Australia more than 500, and New Zealand some three dozen.
