American War Deaths Throughout History

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American War Deaths Throughout History:

Here's an interesting chart listing the American war dead throughout the history of the United States as a nation, leading up to the first Gulf War. The following numbers reflect deaths (excluding wounded and missing). Source: U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, PA

WAR TITLE	WAR YEARS	CASUALTIES
Revolutionary War	(1775-1783)	4,435
War of 1812	(1812-1815)	2,260
Mexican War	(1846-1848)	13,283
Civil War	(1861-1865)	623,026
Spanish-American War	(1898)	2,446
World War I	(1917-1918)	116,708
World War II	(1941-1945)	407,316
Korean War	(1950-1953)	36,914
Vietnam War	(1964-1973)	58,169
Persian Gulf War	(1991)	269
Afghanistan	(2002-2006)	220+
Operation: Iraqi Freedom	(2003-2006)	2,200+
TOTALS	49 years	1,267,246

Interesting Notes:

• The United States of America has been involved in a major conflict (be it foreign or domestic) 49 of its 229-year existence.

• 382,424 Americans have died preserving the Union.

• 619,376 Americans have died when answering the world's call to fight in its wars.

• 621,448 Americans have died on foriegn soil.

• 623,026 Americans died in their own civil war.

• 1,267,046 Americans have given their lives in service to the United States of America.

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