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How many U.S. troops were stationed in Vietnam at the height of the war?
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U.S. troops wading through a marsh in the Mekong delta, South Vietnam, 1967.
At the height of the Vietnam War, the number of U.S. military personnel stationed in Vietnam reached a peak of approximately 543,000 to 550,000 troops in 1969.123