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Operation Iraqi Freedom
(March 20—May 1, 2003)
- Served: 255,000
- Deaths: 138
- POW: 8
- MIA: 0
- Wounded: 1,767
Gulf War I (1991)
- Served: 2,322,332
- Deaths: 1,297
- Battle: 148
- Other in service (theater): 235
- Other in service (nontheater): 914
- POW: 24
- MIA: 0
- Wounded: 467
Vietnam War (1964-1975)
- Served: 9,200,000
- Deaths: 90,198
- Battle: 47,410
- Other in service (theater): 10,788
- Other in service (nontheater): 32,000
- POW: 745
- MIA: 1,912 (as of June 2002)
- Wounded: 153,303
Korean War (1950-1953)
- Served: 5,720,000
- Deaths: 54,246
- Battle: 33,686
- Other in service (theater) : 2,830
- Other in service (nontheater): 17,730
- POW: 7,140
- MIA: 8,100
- Wounded: 103,284
World War II
(1941-1945)
- Served: 16,112,566
- Deaths: 1,077,245
- Battle: 291,557
- Other in service (theater): 113,842
- Other in service (nontheater): 671,846
- POW: 130,201
- MIA: 78,773
- Wounded: 671,846
World War I (1917-1919)
- Served: 4,734,991
- Deaths: 116,516
- Battle: 53,402
- Other in service (nontheater): 63,114
- POW: 4,120
- MIA: 3,350
- Wounded: 204,002
Spanish-American War
(1898)
- Served: 306,760
- Deaths: 2,446
- Battle: 385
- Other in service (nontheater): 2,061
- Wounded: 1,662
Civil War (1861-1865)
- Served: between 3,250,000-4,000,000
- Union: between 2,500,000-2,750,000
- Confederate: between 750,000-1,250,000
- Deaths: 618,222
- Union: 360,222
- Battle: 110,070
- Disease, etc: 250,152
- Confederate: 258,000
- Battle: 94,000
- Disease, etc: 164,000
- Wounded: 281,881
- Union: 281,881
- Confederate: unknown
Mexican War (1846-1848)
- Served: 78,718
- Deaths: 13,283
- Battle: 1,733
- Other in service (nontheater): 11,550
- Wounded: 4,152
Indian Wars
(~1817-1898)
- Served: est. 106,000
- Deaths: est. 1,000
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
- Served: 286,730
- Deaths: 2,260
- Wounded: 4,505
American Revolution (1775-1783)
- Served: 217,000
- Deaths: 4,435
- Wounded: 6,188
Sources:
- Time Almanac 2003 (From
Department of Defense and Veteran Affairs, Sept. 30, 2001)
- For the Civil War: www.civilwarhome.com/casualties.htm
- For Monetary Cost: www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/deaths.html
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