Records About Combat Operations by Army Units and Their Use and Loss of Military Supplies During the Vietnam Conflict

The statistical data were used to predict potential combat losses and expenditures of equipment and ammunition under various conditions in Vietnam in order to improve supply and resupply efficiency. The records contain information about the use and the loss of military supplies, such as ammunition and equipment, by unit and by type o f combat activity during the Vietnamese Conflict.

There are four types of records. The records in the Ammunition Expenditure files potentially identify the unit and its major command, weapon code and density, military mission code and intensity, conditions of the incident (terrain, target fire, weather, day / night), date of the action, and rounds of ammunition the unit expended by type of military weapon. The Item Losses file has records that potentially document the major and minor organization, the military supplies lost, date of loss, the cause of loss, the type of mission and intensity, conditions (terrain, weather, visibility), the Corps Tactical Zone, the age, status and disposition of the item, and numerical totals on casualties (killed in hostile action, wounded in hostile action), and on the number of persons (passengers) involved in the loss.