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
- Total U.S. Servicemembers 286,730
- Battle Deaths 2,260
- Non-mortal Woundings 4,505
- Total U.S. Servicemembers (VA estimate) 106,000
- Battle Deaths (VA estimate) 1,000
- Total U.S. Servicemembers 78,718
- Battle Deaths 1,733
- Other Deaths (In Theater) 11,550
- Non-mortal Woundings 4,152
- 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
- Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) 306,760
- Battle Deaths 385
- Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 2,061
- Non-mortal Woundings 1,662
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 Veterans5,10 7,391,000
- 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 Veterans5,10 2,244,583
- 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
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.