The Vietnam War was a long, complicated war lasting from 1954-1975.

​

In 1954, the United States began active involvement with the Vietnam War; ongoing conflict stretched back many decades.

​

The war ended in 1975, when Communist forces seized control of South Vietnam in 1975. The country was unified as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Approximately 2 million people died in the war-more than 58,000 Americans were killed, and 1,161 of them were from Wisconsin.

Click on the link to learn more about the history of the Vietnam War.