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Military Casualties 1775
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Below is a listing of America's MAJOR wars and conflicts and the known casualty figures for each. Casualties are for United States and Confederate military dead and wounded only. Civilian casualties will be added later.
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War Dates Deaths Wounded 1775-1783
Combat: 4,435
Other: Unknown
6,188
Indian Wars
1783-1890
Combat: 1,000 (approx.)
Other: Unknown
Unknown
The War of 1812
1812-1815
Combat: 2,260
Other: Unknown
4,505
1846-1848
Combat: 1,733
Other: 11,550
Total: 13,283
4,152
U.S. Civil War
1861-1865
Union: Combat: 110,070
Other: 249,458
Confederate: Combat: 74,524
Other: 124,000
Union: 275,175
Confederate: 137,000 +
1898
Combat: 385
Other: 2,061
Total: 2,456
1,662
1899-1901
Combat: 1,108
Other: 2,108
Total: 3,216
2,779
World War I
1917-1918
Combat: 53,513
Other: 63,195
Total: 116,708
204,002
1941-1945
Combat: 292,131
Other: 115,185
Total: 407,316
670,846
Korean War
1950-1953
Combat: 33,651
Other:
**(in-theater): 2,830
(not-in-theater): 17,730
Total: 54,246***
103,284
1964-1975
Combat: 47,369
Other: 10,799
Total: 58,168****
153,303
1991
Combat: 148
Other: 145
Total: 293
467
Sources for updated 2003-2006 Iraq War casualties: Iraq Coalition Casualty Count--The best website I have found thus far to monitor and track Coalition casualties in this war.
War Dates Deaths Wounded Operation Enduring Freedom: Afghanistan/Pakistan
October 7, 2001-- Continuing
As of March 22, 2008
Total: 487
(this number includes four CIA Officers killed in action against al-Qaeda/Taliban forces)
Total: 1,096
(based on DoD website which includes all wounded from Operation EF, including those injured in areas other than Afghanistan/Pakistan)
Operation Enduring Freedom: Philippines
Oct. 7, 2001-Continuing
As of September 12, 2004
Combat: 1
Non-Combat*****:10
Total: 11
March 19, 2003-Continuing
As of March 24, 2008
Total: 4,000
Total: 29, 395
Haiti Intervention
March 1, 2004-Continuing
As of May 25, 2004
Combat: 0
Non-Combat: 0
Total: 0
Combat: 1
Non-Combat 0
Total: 1
The Defense Department updates their casualty page frequently. It is at: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf
* Non-battle deaths not known for these wars.**In-Theater means the deaths occurred in or near the area of combat operations. Example: If a helicopter carrying 45 soldiers in Vietnam crashes into a mountain due to bad weather, they are non-combat, in-theater deaths. If a helicopter crashes in Vietnam due to enemy action, they are combat deaths. If a helicopter in the United States crashes into a mountain during the Vietnam War, they are non-combat, non-theater deaths.
***Some controversy exists over the total number of deaths from the Korean War. For many years after the war, the official death toll stood around 54,000. Recently, the U.S. government changed the totals to the numbers above. Apparently, the non-theater deaths had been incorrectly added to the total, thereby inflating the number of "combat" deaths. Nearly 8,000 American military personnel are listed as "Missing in Action" (MIA) in Korea. They are not included in the death totals, though by now, they should all be considered dead.
****The numbers of Vietnam dead changes periodically as more remains are found in Southeast Asia and are identified. Approximately 2,500 service personnel were listed as "Missing in Action" (MIA) after the war.
*****Operation Enduring Freedom involves combat operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan (as of May 25, 2004) as well as anti-terrorist "training" missions in the Philippines, Yemen, and the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. The figures above reflect information supplied by the Department of Defense. The non-combat deaths include fatalities in airplane and helicopter crashes, industrial accidents, accidental shootings and at least three fatalities caused by friendly fire. Ten of the casualties in the Philippines were from a helicopter crash, while one soldier was killed in action when a bomb exploded near a Filipino military base in Zamboanga, Philippines.
Links and Sources
Statistical Summary of America's Major Wars--From the U.S. Civil War Center.
America's Wars--From the Veteran's Administration
War Statistics Relating to the Philippine Wars (1899 to 1913)
Deaths-Operation Enduring Freedom--From the U.S. Defense Department
America's Wars and Casualties --Includes information on when the last veterans from each war died.
Coalition Casualties--Website tracking Coalition casualties in the 2003 Iraq War.
SFC Mark Wayne Jackson--Memorial web page for U.S. Special Forces soldier killed in the Philippines in 2002.
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Lee, R. "The History Guy: Casualties From America's Wars"
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