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America's Wars: U.S.
Casualties and Veterans
Fact Sheet: America's Wars
American
Revolution (1775-1783)
Total Service members ..................................217,000
Battle
Deaths ..................................................4,435
Non-mortal
Wounding......................................6,188
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War
of 1812 (1812-1815)
Total Service members...................................286,730
Battle
Deaths..................................................2,260
Non-mortal Wounding.....................................4,505
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Indian
Wars (approx. 1817-1898)
Total Service members...................................106,000
Battle
Deaths...................................................1,000
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Mexican
War (1846-1848)
Total Service members.....................................78,718
Battle
Deaths...................................................1,733
Other Deaths in
Service...................................11,550
Non-mortal Wounding......................................4,152
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Civil
War (1861-1865)
Total U.S. Service members (Union)..............2,213,363
Battle Deaths
(Union)....................................140,414
Other Deaths (In Theater) (Union)....................224,097
Non-mortal Wounding (Union).......................281,881
Total Service members (Conf.) (note 2) ...........1,050,000
Battle Deaths (Confederate) (note 3) ..................74,524
Other Deaths (In Theater) (Confed.) (note
3, 4)......59,297
Non-mortal Wounding (Confed.) .................Unknown
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Spanish-American
War (1898-1902)
Total Service members (Worldwide).................306,760
Battle
Deaths......................................................385
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)................2,061
Non-mortal Wounding......................................1,662
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World
War I (1917-1918)
Total Service members (Worldwide)...............4,734,991
Battle
Deaths.................................................53,402
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)..............63,114
Non-mortal Wounding..................................204,002
Living
Veterans.......................................................1
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World
War II (1941-1945)
Total Service members (Worldwide).............16,112,566
Battle
Deaths................................................291,557
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater).............113,842
Non-mortal Wounding..................................671,846
Living Veterans (note
5)................................2,498,000
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Korean
War (1950-1953)
Total Service members (Worldwide)..............5,720,000
Battle
Deaths.................................................33,741
Other Deaths (In
Theater)..................................2,833
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)..............17,672
Non-mortal Wounding..................................103,284
Living
Veterans..........................................2,400,000
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Vietnam
War (1964-1975)
Total Service members (Worldwide) (note
6)....8,744,000
Deployed to Southeast Asia (note 7) .............3,403,000
Battle Deaths (note 8).......................................47,424
Other Deaths (In Theater) (note 8) .....................10,785
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) (note
8) ...32,000
Non-mortal Wounding (note 9)........................153,303
Living Veterans (note 5, 10)............................7,203,600
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Desert Shield/Desert Storm
(1990-1991)
Total Service members (Worldwide)..............2,322,000
Deployed to
Gulf...........................................694,550
Battle
Deaths......................................................147
Other Deaths (In
Theater).....................................235
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)................1,590
Non-mortal Wounding.........................................467
Living Veterans (note 5, 10)............................2,269,000
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America's
Wars Total
U.S. Military Service
During War................41,891,368
Battle
Deaths................................................651,022
Other Deaths (In
Theater)...............................308,797
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater).............230,279
Non-mortal Wounding................................1,431,290
Living War
Veterans..................................17,484,000
Living Veterans (War & Peacetime)............23,532,000
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Source: Department
of Defense (DoD), except living veterans, which are VA
estimates as of
September 30, 2007.
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NOTES:
1. Exact number is unknown. Posted figure is the
median of estimated
range from 184,000 – 250,000.
2.
Exact number is unknown. Posted figure is median of estimated
range from 600,000 – 1,500,000.
3.
Death figures are based on incomplete returns.
4.
Does not include 26,000 to 31,000 who died in Union prisons.
5.
Estimate based upon new population projection methodology.
6.
Covers the period 8/5/64 - 1/27/73 (date of cease fire)
7.
Department of Defense estimate
8.
Covers period 11/1/55 – 5/15/75
9.
Excludes 150,332 not requiring hospital care
10.VA
estimate does not include those still on active duty and may
include veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Global War on Terror (Oct.
2001 - )
The
Global War on Terror (GWOT), including Operation
Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
are ongoing conflicts. For the most current GWOT
statistics,
visit the following Department of Defense Web site :http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/CASUALTY/gwot_component.pdf
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American
Revolution
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Last veteran, Daniel F. Bakeman, died
4/5/1869, age 109
Last widow, Catherine S. Damon, died 11/11/06, age 92
Last dependent, Phoebe M. Palmeter, died 4/25/11, age 90
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War
of 1812
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Last veteran, Hiram Cronk, died 5/13/05,
age 105
Last widow, Carolina King, died 6/28/36, age unknown
Last dependent, Esther A.H. Morgan, died 3/12/46, age 89
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Indian
Wars
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Last veteran, Fredrak Fraske, died
6/18/73, age 101
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Mexican
War
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Last veteran, Owen Thomas Edgar, died
9/3/29, age 98
Last widow, Lena James Theobald, died 6/20/63, age 89
Last dependent, Jesse G. Bivens, died 11/1/62, age 94
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Civil
War
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Last Union veteran, Albert Woolson, died
8/2/56, age 109
Last Confederate Veteran, John Salling, died 3/16/58, age
112
Last
Union widow, Gertrude Janeway, died 1/17/2003, age
93
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Spanish-American
War
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Last veteran, Nathan E. Cook, died
9/10/92, age 106
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It
is estimated that the number of living World War II U.S. veterans will
be:
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9/30/07.....2,795,000
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9/30/08.....2,457,000
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9/30/09.....2,143,000
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9/30/10.....1,850,000
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9/30/11.....1,581,000
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9/30/12.....1,336,000
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9/30/13.....1,117,000
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9/30/14........921,000
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9/30/15........750,000
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9/30/16........602,000
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9/30/17........477,000
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9/30/18........371,000
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9/30/19........285,000
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9/30/20........214,000
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9/30/21........158,000
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9/30/22........115,000
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Veterans
and Dependents on the
Compensation and Pension Rolls as of
September, 2007
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VETERANS
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CHILDREN
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PARENTS
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SURVIVING
SPOUSES
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Civil
War
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-
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3
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-
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-
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Indian
Wars
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Spanish-American
War
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-
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108
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-
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108
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Mexican
Border
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-
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15
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-
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62
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World
War I
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3,500
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-
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6,059
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World
War II
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396,944
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15,006
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167
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225,908
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Korean
Conflict
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223,499
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3,278
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335
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60,885
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Vietnam
Era
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1,141,946
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9,227
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3,252
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158,127
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Gulf
War (1)
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802,381
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13,189
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859
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14,471
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No service-connected
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322,875
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19,176
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-
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180,664
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Service-connected
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2,844,354
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28,176
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6,133
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317,385
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(1) For
compensation and pension purposes, the Persian Gulf War period has
not yet been terminated and includes veterans of Operations Iraqi
and Enduring Freedom.
POST-Vietnam
Combat Casualties
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Place
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Dates
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Casualties
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Lebanon
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Aug.
1982–Feb. 1984
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254
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Grenada
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Oct.–Nov.
1983
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18
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Libya
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April
10–16, 1986
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2
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Panama
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Dec.
1989–Jan. 1990
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23
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Persian
Gulf
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Jan.
16–April 6, 1991
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147
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Somalia
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Dec.
1992–May 1993
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29
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Haiti
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Sept.
1994–April 1996
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4
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Former
Yugoslavia
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1992–2001
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9
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Kosovo
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March–June
1999
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2
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Afghanistan
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Oct.
2001–(2)
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203
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Iraq
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March
20, 2003–(3)
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2,734
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