American Military Casualties

1775 - Present

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.

War	Dates	Deaths	Wounded
American Revolutionary War	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
U.S.-Mexican War	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 +
Spanish-American War	1898	Combat: 385 Other: 2,061 Total: 2,456	1,662
Philippine-American War	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
World War II	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
Vietnam War	1964-1975	Combat: 47,369 Other: 10,799 Total: 58,168****	153,303
Gulf War	1991	Combat: 148 Other: 145 Total: 293	467

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War	Dates	Deaths	Wounded
Operation Enduring Freedom: Afghanistan/Pakistan	October 7, 2001-- Continuing As of May, 2011	Total: 1,514   (this number includes four CIA Officers killed in action against al-Qaeda/Taliban forces)	Total: 11,191 (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 Nov. 11, 2008	Combat: 1 Non-Combat*****:14 Total: 15	00
Third Persian Gulf War "Operation Iraqi Freedom"	March 19, 2003-Continuing As of May, 2011	Total: 4,454	Total: 32,227
Haiti Intervention	March, 2004 As of May 25, 2004	Combat: 0 Non-Combat: 0 Total: 0	Combat: 1 Non-Combat 0 Total: 1
Libya War	March 19, 2011 (U.S. and NATO Intevention began)		Total: 2 (two USAF pilots suffered minor injuries when they ejected from their F-15E Eagle)

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.

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.

  

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 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.

The Final Roll Call: Afghanistan War Casualyt Database--Database of American casualties from the Afghanistan War.

The Final Roll Call: Iraq War Casualty Database--Database of American casualties from the Iraq War.

Libya crisis: US warplane crew rescued after crash--BBC, March 22, 2011

Lee, R. "The History Guy: Casualties From America's Wars"

http://www.historyguy.com/american_war_casualties.html

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