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America's Wars: U.S. Casualties and Veterans

The table below has information about the total number of service members, battle deaths, and non-mortal woundings in wars from 1775-2011, such as the American Revolution, the Civil War, World War I and World War II, the Vietnam War, and more.

 

    

 

 

 

American Revolution  1775-1783
Total Service Members	217,000
Battle Deaths	4,435
Non-mortal Woundings	6,188
War of 1812 1812-1815
Total Service Members	286,730
Battle Deaths	2,260
Non-mortal Woundings	4,505
Indian Wars Approx. 1817-1898
Total Service Members	106,000
Battle Deaths	1,000
Mexican War 1846-1848
Total Service Members	78,718
Battle Deaths	1,733
Other Deaths in Service (Non-theater)	11,550
Non-mortal Woundings	4,152
Civil War 1861-1865
Total Service Members (Union)	2,213,363
Battle Deaths (Union)	140,414
Other Deaths in Service (Non-theater (Union))	224,097
Non-Mortal Woundings (Union)	281,881
Total Service Members (Confederate)	1,050,000
Battle Deaths (Confederate)	74,524
Other Deaths in Service (Non-theater Conf.))	59,297
Non-Mortal Woundings (Confederate)	Unknown
Spanish-American War 1898-1902
Total Service Members	306,760
Battle Deaths	385
Other Deaths in Service (Non-theater)	2,061
Non-mortal Woundings	1,662
World War I 1917-1918
Total Service Members	4,734,991
Battle Deaths	53,402
Other Deaths in Service (Non-theater)	63,114
Non-mortal Woundings	204,002
Living Veterans	Fewer than 25
World War II 1940-1945
Total Service Members	16,112,566
Battle Deaths	291,557
Other Deaths in Service (Non-theater)	113,842
Non-mortal Woundings	671,846
Living Veterans	3,242,000
Korean War 1950-1953
Total Service Members	5,720,000
Serving in Theater	1,789,000
Battle Deaths	33,741
Other Deaths in Service (Theater)	2,833
Other Deaths in Service (Non-theater)	17,672
Non-mortal Woundings	103,284
Living Veterans	3,086,400
Vietnam War 1964-1975
Total Service Members	8,744,000
Serving in Theater	3,403,000
Battle Deaths	47,424
Other Deaths in Service (Theater)	10,785
Other Deaths in Service (Non-theater)	32,000
Non-mortal Woundings	153,303
Living Veterans	7,286,500
Gulf War 1990-1991
Total Service Members	2,225,000
Serving in Theater	665,476
Battle Deaths	147
Other Deaths in Service (Theater)	382
Other Deaths in Service (Non-theater)	1,565
Non-mortal Woundings	467
Living Veterans	1,852,000
America's Wars Total 1775-1991
Military Service during War	41,891,368
Battle Deaths	651,030
Other Deaths in Service (Theater)	308,800
Other Deaths in Service (Non-theater)	230,279
Non-mortal Woundings	1,431,290
Living War Veterans	17,456,000
Living Veterans	23,442,000
Global War on Terror
Total Service Members (Worldwide (as of Dec. 31, 2010))	1,429,367
Deployed to Iraq (Operation New Dawn (as of Dec. 31, 2010))	85,600
Deployed to Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom (as of Dec. 31, 2010))	103,700
Battle Deaths (as of May 12, 2011)	4,724
Other Deaths (In Theater (as of May 12, 2011)))	1,294
Non-mortal Woundings (as of May 12, 2011)	43,399