Technical niceties

Napalm caused death by one or either of two means..
Burning..
A very unpleasant way to die or
Asphyxiation..
This occurs EITHER because of the combustion of all available Oxygen and/or the production of Carbon Monoxide. Either way the victim suffers cerebral hypoxia (lack of Oxygen) and dies. The actual cause is a moot point. Of course if the victim fell over they could well burn (poor souls), but many died without actually getting burnt.. Some small comfort I suppose.
It might interest the redneck who spoke of Dead Commies (surely a poor joke??) to learn that many of those who actually died were CIVILIANS who only really wanted to get on with their OWN lives. They had NO interest in THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE, a feeling shared, I can assure you, by the great majority of people in the world today.
The greatest oppressors, the greatest war criminals, the greediest people on this planet, live in the "GOOD 'ol US of A..." and sadly many of them neither care nor give a fuck that there are other people in this world who also have a life, a philosophy and a creed which is as important, if not MORE so, than macdonalds and coke politics..
History will judge the US and it politics very harshly..