How many Americans have died during military service in the history of the United States?
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OEF - 680 military deaths
OIF - 4,287 military deaths
More stats showing just over 1 million total death in major wars/conflicts. Unfortunately, this does not count all of the other death not occurring during war, nor does it count the casualties taken on the side of the South during our Civil War.
DoD Statistical Information Analysis Division (SIAD)
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M$Global War on Terror
Operation
Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom
October 7, 2001 to May 16, 2009
4,967 Total deaths
34,128 Total Wounded In Action
Soldiers who have been wounded in action were fighting in a combat zone, but were not killed. For US Military members, becoming WIA may mean permanent disability. They are generally conferred a Purple Heart. The Global War on Terrorism's wounded in action is one of the biggest challenges America faces today as we work to integrate these service members back into the fabric of our society. Protecting the rights of the disabled and handicapped has become more important than ever for Americans who have sacrificed their permanent health to the U.S. military mission.
See what the Dept. of Defense has to say about wounded warriors:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=54152
Persian Gulf War
1990-1991
382 Total deaths
The Army took the majority of deaths with 224 killed. In fact, in every American war, the Army has always experienced the most casualties. 2,225,000 military members served in this war. The majority of the war costs were paid by Saudi Arabia - around $40 billion of approximately $60 billion
Vietnam Conflict
1964-1973
58,209 Total deaths
Unconventional warfare. Despite a peace treaty signed in 1973 by all parties, fighting continued. In response to the anti-war movement, the U.S. Congress passed the Case-Church Amendment in June 1973 prohibiting further U.S. military intervention. Vietnam veterans still live with the memories and injuries of the conflict today, as do their families.
Korean War
1950-1953
36,574 Total deaths
Under the umbrella of the United Nations, countries allied with the United States to intervene on behalf of South Korea as conflict erupted from North and South Korean attempts to reunify their respective governments. An armistice agreement that restored the original boundaries between the two countries ended the war.
World War II
1941-1946
405,399 Total deaths
All the great powers fought, and a majority of the world's nations fell to war. The world knew war as one people, as nearly everyone was drawn in. The world lost 70 million people in the deadliest conflict in human history
World War I
1917-1918
116,516 Total deaths
With 116,516 American deaths, the U.S. and the rest of the world hoped the First World War would be the 'great war to end all wars'. The Peace Conference of Paris attempted to stamp out a lasting peace for everyone. Over 70 million military personnel were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history for this war. Science and industry put their efforts into war like never before.
Spanish-American War
2,446
Total deaths
Spain and the United States fought over liberation issues of Cuba . As the Cubans fought for independence from Spain, America demanded the Spanish grant Cuba its freedom. Spain rejected this, and the war began. The U.S. aided the Havana, Cuba revolution and lost one of its ships to the Spanish. Full war erupted between the two countries and America would fight Spain for its remaining colonies in Cuba, the Phillipines, Puerto Rico and Guam. The U.S. won the Phillipine islands and Cuba, and the Treaty of Paris granted America control of Cuba, the Phillipines, Puerto Rico and Guam.
Civil War
498,332 Total deaths
Memorial Day is the day we honor those who payed the ultimate price while serving our country. Out of every war that has ever been fought by our servicemen, it was the war against each other produced the most American fatalities. A sad testimony that what we can do to each other far surpasses that of any other enemy we've known. There were 364,511 total Union deaths. This is not counting the 133,821Confederate deaths. Even worse, in addition to this number, 26,000 to 31,000 Confederate personnel died in Union prisons.
Mexican War
1846 - 1848
13,283
Total deaths
The U.S. annexation of Texas was the catalyst for war between Mexico
and America. Mexico lost 55% of its territory. Along with Texas,
1,000 Mexican families were annexed as well. Descendants of these
families have risen to prominence in American life, such as US
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and his brother US Representative
John Salazar. At the time, U.S. victory with the acquisition of new land brought a surge of patriotism. Mexicans often fought to the death during their war with America, rather than surrender.
War of 1812
1812-1815
2,260
Total deaths
Britain imposed trade restrictions between France and America because it was at war with France. Britain also pressed Americans into serving in its Royal Navy. They also began providing Native Americans with arms to fight American westward expansion. The U.S. fought Britain wherever it could, on the oceans, along its coast, the frontier, the Great Lakes, Canada, and even in New Orleans.
Revolutionary War
1775-1783
4,435
Total deaths
The 13 colonies rejected the governance of the British Empire to become the United States of America. The United States first premise for going to war as a country was to defend the right of self-governance. The U.S. gained recognition of its sovereignty from Britain in 1783.
Congressional Research Service Report for Congress - Casualties/Statistics
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/american%20war%20casualty.htm
Global War On Terror 2001-2009 Total Deaths by Service
http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/CASUALTY/gwot_component.pdf
U.S. Department of Defense - Source for Casualty Reports & Information
http://www.defenselink.mil/
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This is accurate as of September, 2008.
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M$revolutionary war 4,435
war of 1812 2,260
mexican war 1,733
civil war 191,163
spanish american war 385
ww1 53,402
ww2 291,557
Korean conflict 33,741
viet nam conflict 47,424
persian gulf war 174
Iraq "war" a "reported" 30,182
As to weather or not these are completely accurate I'm not sure but the should provide stirring sermon.
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M$http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/war_casualties.htm
WAR NUMBER SERVING WOUNDED BATTLE DEATHS
Revolutionary War 217,0003 6,188 4,435
War of 1812 286,730 4,505 2,260
Mexican War 78,718 4,152 1,733
Civil War (Both Sides) 3,213,363 354,805 191,963
Spanish American War 306,760 1,662 385
World War I 4,734,991 204,002 53,402
World War II 16,112,566 671,846 291,557
Korean Conflict 5,720,000 103,284 33,741
Vietnam Conflict 8,744,000 153,303 47,424
Persian Gulf War 2,225,000 467 147
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I appreciate the attempt to include the info from the chart and after looking again I see the header info is in all caps two lines above the data. You're right that it doesn't format well here in Answers. In that regard it is helpful, so I changed my feedback on your answer.
The chart is nice, but doesn't appear to include the current Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. While your answer includes information from the chart, it doesn't make much sense without the header information.
Good point about Iraq and Afghanistan, but I'm not sure what you meant about the header info. I thought about leaving out the chart since it is hard to format that kind of stuff in Answers, but I thought that I would leave it in so that you could see what kind of a chart was behind the link.
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Your math implies that somewhere between 500,000 and 3 million U.S. troops have died in Iraq.
We only have about 140,000 in country now...we would have had to cycle in 4 full sets of replacement and carry out that many bodies. With all the public outcry when we reached 1,000 casualties...I think a half million would have made a headline or two.
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5270XI20090308
I think you are referencing total casualties, of which American losses are just one component. For the United States alone, the Department of Defense indicates 4,967 service members lost as of May of this year, dating back to October 2001.
I have to agree that the number seems way off to me too. Based on other information provided here, it seems the Iraq war death toll for US troops is between 4200 and 5000 depending on what statistics you look at.
@girlsforscience: Just a quick note, as you mentioned the total casualties vs the US losses alone. Total casualties for all other coalition forces excluding the US come to only 318 soldiers. By far the US has the biggest commitment in the region which has resulted in the biggest losses (not counting the Iraqi forces and civilians, of course). Here is where I got that number ...
http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/
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