America's Wars: U.S. Casualties and Veterans
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American Revolution (1775-1783)
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| Total service members |
217,000 |
| Battle deaths |
4,435 |
| Non-mortal wounds |
6,188 |
| Total service members |
286,730 |
| Battle deaths |
2,260 |
| Non-mortal wounds |
4,505 |
Indian Wars (approx. 1817-1898)
|
| Total service members |
106,000 (1) |
| Battle deaths |
1,000 (1) |
| Total service members |
78,718 |
| Battle deaths |
1,733 |
| Other deaths in service (non-theatre) |
11,550 |
| Non-mortal wounds |
4,152 |
| Total service members (Union) |
2,213,363 |
| Battle deaths (Union) |
140,414 |
| Other deaths in service (non-theatre) (Union) |
224,097 |
| Non-mortal wounds (Union) |
281,881 |
| Total service members (Confederate) |
1,050,000 |
| Battle deaths (Confederate) |
74,524 |
| Other deaths in service (non-theatre) (Confederate) |
59,297 (2) |
| Non-mortal wounds (Confederate) |
unknown |
Spanish-American War (1898-1902)
|
| Total service members |
306,760 |
| Battle deaths |
385 |
| Other deaths in service (non-theatre) |
2,061 |
| Non-mortal wounds |
1,662 |
World War I (1917-1918) (3)
|
| Total service members |
4,734,991 |
| Battle deaths |
53,402 |
| Other deaths in service (non-theatre) |
63,114 |
| Non-mortal wounds |
204,002 |
| Living veterans |
fewer than 500 |
World War II (1940-1945) (3)
|
| Total service members |
16,112,566 |
| Battle deaths |
291,557 |
| Other deaths in service (non-theatre) |
113,842 |
| Non-mortal wounds |
671,846 |
| Living veterans |
4,762,000 (1) |
| Total service members |
5,720,000 |
| Serving in-theatre |
1,789,000 |
| Battle deaths |
33,741 |
| Other deaths in service (theatre) |
2,827 |
| Other deaths in service (non-theatre) |
17,730 |
| Non-mortal wounds |
103,284 |
| Living veterans |
3,734,000 (1) |
| Total service members |
8,744,000 |
| Serving in-theatre |
3,403,000 |
| Battle deaths |
47,410 |
| Other deaths in service (theatre) |
10,789 |
| Other deaths in service (non-theatre) |
32,000 |
| Non-mortal wounds |
153,303 |
| Living veterans |
8,295,000 (1) |
| Total service members |
2,225,000 |
| Serving in-theatre |
665,476 |
| Battle deaths |
147 |
| Other deaths in service (theatre) |
382 |
| Other deaths in service (non-theatre) |
1,565 |
| Non-mortal wounds |
467 |
| Living veterans |
1,852,000 (1) |
| Military service during war |
42,348,460 |
| Battle deaths |
651,008 |
| Other deaths in service (theatre) |
13,998 |
| Other deaths in service (non-theatre) |
525,256 |
| Non-mortal wounds |
1,431,290 |
| Living war veterans |
17,578,500 (4) |
| Living veterans |
25,038,459 |
| 1 |
Veterans Administration estimate as of Sept. 30, 2002. |
| 2 |
Estimated figure. Does not include 26,000-31,000 who died
in Union prisons. |
| 3 |
Years of U.S. involvement in war. |
| 4 |
Approximately 1,065,000 veterans had service in multiple
conflicts. They are counted under each conflict, but only once in the
total. |
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Source: Department of Defense and Veterans
Administration. |
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