American War Casualties 1775 to Present

Numbers provided by the Department of Defense and Veterans Administration.

American Revolution (1775-1783)

• Total U.S. Servicemembers¹ 217,000
• Battle Deaths  4,435
• Non-mortal Woundings  6,188

War of 1812 (1812-1815)

• Total U.S. Servicemembers  286,730
• Battle Deaths  2,260
• Non-mortal Woundings  4,505

Indian Wars (approx. 1817-1898)

• Total U.S. Servicemembers (VA estimate)  106,000
• Battle Deaths (VA estimate) 1,000

Mexican War (1846-1848)

• Total U.S. Servicemembers  78,718
• Battle Deaths  1,733
• Other Deaths (In Theater)  11,550
• Non-mortal Woundings  4,152

Civil War (1861-1865)

• Total U.S. Servicemembers (Union)  2,213,363
• Battle Deaths (Union)  140,414
• Other Deaths (In Theater) (Union)  224,097
• Non-mortal Woundings (Union)  281,881
• Total Servicemembers (Conf.)²  1,050,000
• Battle Deaths (Confederate)³  74,524
• Other Deaths (In Theater) (Confederate)^3,4  59,297
• Non-mortal Woundings (Confederate)  Unknown

Spanish-American War (1898-1902)

• Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide)  306,760
• Battle Deaths  385
• Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)  2,061
• Non-mortal Woundings  1,662

World War I (1917-1918)

• Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide)  4,734,991
• Battle Deaths  53,402
• Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)  63,114
• Non-mortal Woundings  204,002

World War II (1941 –1945)

• Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide)  16,112,566
• Battle Deaths  291,557
• Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)  113,842
• Non-mortal Woundings  670,846
• Living Veterans ⁵  1,711,000

Korean War (1950-1953)

• Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide)  5,720,000
• Total Serving (In Theater)  1,789,000
• Battle Deaths  33,739
• Other Deaths (In Theater)  2,835
• Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)  17,672
• Non-mortal Woundings  103,284
• Living Veterans  2,275,000

Vietnam War (1964-1975)

• Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide)⁶  8,744,000
• Deployed to Southeast Asia⁷  3,403,000
• Battle Deaths⁸  47,434
• Other Deaths (In Theater)⁸  10,786
• Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)⁸  32,000
• Non-mortal Woundings⁹  153,303
• Living Veterans^5,10  7,391,000

Desert Shield/Desert Storm (1990-1991)

• Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide)  2,322,000
• Deployed to Gulf  694,550
• Battle Deaths  148
• Other Deaths (In Theater)  235
• Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)  1,565
• Non-mortal Woundings  467
• Living Veterans^5,10  2,244,583

America’s Wars Total (1775 -1991)

• U.S. Military Service during Wartime  41,892,128
• Battle Deaths  651,031
• Other Deaths (In Theater)  308,800
• Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)  230,254
• Non-mortal Woundings  1,430,290
• Living War Veterans*11  16,962,000
• Living Veterans (Periods of War and Peace)  23,234,000

Global War on Terror (Oct 2001 - ?)
The Global War on Terror (GWOT), including Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom(OIF), are ongoing conflicts. For the most current GWOT statistics visit the following Department of Defense Website:  https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/pages/main.xhtml

NOTES:

1. Exact number is unknown. Posted figure is the median of estimated range from 184,000 – 250,000.
2. Exact number is unknown. Posted figure is median of estimated range from 600,000 – 1,500,000
3. Death figures are based on incomplete returns.
4. Does not include 26,000 to 31,000 who died in Union prisons.
5. Estimate based upon new population projection methodology
6. Covers the period 8/5/64 -1/27/73 (date of cease fire
7. Department of Defense estimate
8. Covers period 11/1/55 – 5/15/75
9. Excludes 150,341 not requiring hospital care
10. Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) estimate, as of 4/09, does not include those still on active duty and may include veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
11. Total will be more than sum of conflicts due to no “end date” established for Persian Gulf War.

Source: Department of Defense (DOD), except living veterans, which are VA estimates as of September 2010.