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Total Killed and Wounded for All America's Wars
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American Revolution (1775-1783)
Total
Servicemembers (note
1).........................217,000
Battle Deaths ..................................................4,435
Non-mortal Woundings......................................6,188 |
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War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Total Servicemembers...................................286,730
Battle Deaths..................................................2,260
Non-mortal
Woundings.....................................4,505 |
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Indian Wars (approx. 1817-1898)
Total
Servicemembers...................................106,000
Battle
Deaths...................................................1,000 |
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Mexican War (1846-1848)
Total Servicemembers.....................................78,718
Battle Deaths...................................................1,733
Other
Deaths in Service...................................11,550
Non-mortal Woundings......................................4,152 |
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Civil War (1861-1865)
Total U.S. Servicemembers
(Union)..............2,213,363
Battle Deaths (Union)....................................140,414
Other Deaths (In Theater)
(Union)....................224,097
Non-mortal Woundings (Union).......................281,881
Total Servicemembers (Confederate)
(note 2) .1,050,000
Battle Deaths (Confederate)
(note 3) ..................74,524
Other Deaths
(In Theater) (Confed.) (note 3, 4)......59,297
Non-mortal Woundings (Confed.) .................Unknown |
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Spanish-American War (1898-1902)
Total
Servicemembers (Worldwide).................306,760
Battle
Deaths......................................................385
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)................2,061
Non-mortal
Woundings......................................1,662 |
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World War I (1917-1918)
Total Servicemembers
(Worldwide)...............4,734,991
Battle Deaths.................................................53,402
Other
Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)..............63,114
Non-mortal Woundings..................................204,002
Living
Veterans.......................................................3 |
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World War II (1941-1945)
Total Servicemembers
(Worldwide).............16,112,566
Battle Deaths................................................291,557
Other
Deaths in Service (Non-Theater).............113,842
Non-mortal Woundings..................................671,846
Living Veterans (note 5)................................2,498,000 |
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Korean War (1950-1953)
Total Servicemembers
(Worldwide)..............5,720,000
Battle Deaths.................................................33,741
Other
Deaths (In Theater)..................................2,833
Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)..............17,672
Non-mortal
Woundings..................................103,284
Living Veterans..........................................2,400,000 |
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Vietnam War (1964-1975)
Total Servicemembers
(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 Woundings (note 9)........................153,303
Living Veterans
(note 5, 10)............................7,203,600 |
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Desert Shield/Desert Storm (1990-1991)
Total Servicemembers (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
Woundings....................................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 Woundings.........................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 Sept. 30,
2007. |
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. |
Recommended Viewing: America at War Megaset (History Channel)
(Number of discs: 14) (Run Time: 1948 minutes). Description: From the first musket shots at Lexington and Concord to the precision-guided
munitions in modern-day Baghdad. America's history has been forged in the heat of battle. AMERICA AT WAR presents
twenty-five documentaries from THE HISTORY CHANNEL charting U.S. military conflict over two centuries. This "fourteen disc
set" explores key moments of the American Revolution, the Alamo, Mexican American War, the Civil War, Spanish American War,
World Wars I and II as well as the conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, and Iraq. Continued below...
The chronological collection draws upon the expertise of noted historians,
military authorities, engineers, and war correspondents to convey the personal side of conflict not often found in history
books. A trove of archival footage and documents brings viewers closer than ever to the heated heart of combat.
This is truly a one-of-a-kind collector's set!
Recommended
Viewing: The History Channel - The Battle History of the United States Military (2005) (Number of
discs: 5) (766 minutes). Description: A mighty compendium of America’s
five major military branches--Marines, Navy, Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard--THE BATTLE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
MILITARY trumpets the myriad strengths of one of the world’s greatest military powers. Plunge headlong into the
great battles fought on land, sea, and air. Marvel at the arc of musket to missile. Meet the key figures and lesser-known
heroes who have shaped the organization, the strategy, and the future of the United
States armed forces. Encompassing over two centuries of courage and conquest, THE BATTLE
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY marches through America’s
military development from its earliest Coast Guard days to the technological wonders of the Gulf War. Continued below...
With official
government documents, extensive combat footage, and commentary by historians and decorated veterans, THE BATTLE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY is a full-scale, full-dress salute to the men and women
who give and have given to America’s fight for freedom. DVD Features: Downloadable
Historical Documents; Branch Heraldries; Bonus Film: "Pageantry of the Corps"; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection.
Recommended
Viewing: The
World at War (30th Anniversary Edition) (1357 minutes)
(A&E). Description: Sir Jeremy Isaacs highly deserves the numerous awards for documentaries
he has earned: the Royal Television Society's Desmond Davis Award, l'Ordre National du Mérit, an Emmy, and a knighthood from
Queen Elizabeth II. His epic The World at War remains unsurpassed as the definitive visual history of World War II.
Continued below...
The Second World War was different from other wars in thousands
of ways, one of which was the unparalleled scope of visual documents kept by the Axis and Allies of all their activities.
As a result, this war is understood as much through written histories as it is through its powerful images. The Nazis were
particularly thorough in documenting even the most abhorrent of the atrocities they were committing--in a surprising amount
of color footage. The World at War was one of the first television documentaries that exploited these resources so completely,
giving viewers an unbelievable visual guide to the greatest event in the 20th century. This is to say nothing of the excellent,
comprehensible narrative. Some highlights:
• A New Germany 1933-39: early German and
Nazi documentation of Hitler's rise to power through the impending attack on Poland
• Whirlwind: the early British losses in
the blitz in the skies over Britain and in North Africa
• Stalingrad: the turning point of the war and Germany's first defeat
• Inside
the Reich--Germany 1940-44: one of the most fascinating documentaries that exists on life inside Nazi Germany, from Lebensborn
to the Hitler Youth
• Morning: prior to Saving Private Ryan, one of the only unromanticized views of the Normandy
invasion
• Genocide: this film is one of the most widely shown introductions to the Holocaust
• Japan
1941-45: although The World at War is decidedly focused more on the European theater, this is an important look into wartime
Japan and its expansion--early 20th-century history that lead to Japan's role in World War II is superficial
• The
bomb: another widely shown documentary of the Manhattan Project, the Enola Gay, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki
The World at War will remain the definitive visual history of World War II, analogous to Gibbon's
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. No serious historian should be missing The World at War in a collection, and no student
should leave school without having seen at least some of its salient episodes. Rarely is film so essential. --Erik J. Macki
Recommended Viewing: The Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns. Review: The
Civil War - A Film by Ken Burns is the most successful public-television miniseries in American history. The 11-hour Civil War didn't just captivate a nation,
reteaching to us our history in narrative terms; it actually also invented a new film language taken from its creator. When
people describe documentaries using the "Ken Burns approach," its style is understood: voice-over narrators reading letters
and documents dramatically and stating the writer's name at their conclusion, fresh live footage of places juxtaposed with
still images (photographs, paintings, maps, prints), anecdotal interviews, and romantic musical scores taken from the era
he depicts. Continued below...
The Civil War uses all of these devices to evoke atmosphere and resurrect an event that many knew
only from stale history books. While Burns is a historian, a researcher, and a documentarian, he's above all a gifted storyteller,
and it's his narrative powers that give this chronicle its beauty, overwhelming emotion, and devastating horror. Using the
words of old letters, eloquently read by a variety of celebrities, the stories of historians like Shelby Foote and rare, stained
photos, Burns allows us not only to relearn and finally understand our history, but also to feel and experience it. "Hailed
as a film masterpiece and landmark in historical storytelling." "[S]hould be a requirement for every
student."
Recommended Reading: The
Civil War Battlefield Guide: The Definitive Guide, Completely Revised, with New Maps and More Than 300 Additional Battles
(Second Edition) (Hardcover). Description: This new edition of the definitive
guide to Civil War battlefields is really a completely new book. While the first edition covered 60 major battlefields, from
Fort Sumter to Appomattox, the second covers all of the 384 designated as the "principal battlefields" in the
American Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report. Continued below...
As in the first edition, the essays are authoritative and concise, written by such leading Civil War historians
as James M. McPherson, Stephen W. Sears, Edwin C. Bearss, James I. Robinson, Jr., and Gary W. Gallager. The second edition
also features 83 new four-color maps covering the most important battles. The Civil War Battlefield Guide is an essential
reference for anyone interested in the Civil War. "Reading this book is like being at the bloodiest battles of the
war..."
Casualties for all American Wars and Conflicts: American Revolutionary
War, War of 1812, Mexican American War, American Civil War, Spanish American War World War I (World War One), World War II,
(World War Two). Casualty Total and Fatality Totals for Each US Conflict.
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