

Saturday, June 3, 1972

Week's Combat Toll: 10 GIs
SAIGON (AP) --Ten Americans were killed in action last week, 11 were missing and 35 were wounded, the U.S. Command announced Thursday.
The South Vietnamese command reported 754 of its troops killed last week, a drop of three. But the wounded increased by 430 to 2,781, and 312 troops were missing in action, 98 more than the week before.
The South Vietnamese also claimed a big jump in enemy dead, from 3,994 the week before to 5,218 last week.
"Week"s Combat Toll: 10 GIs", by (AP) published in the Pacific Stars and Stripes Saturday, June 3, 1972 and reprinted from European and Pacific Stars and Stripes, a Department of Defense publication copyright, 2002 European and Pacific Stars and Stripes. |