| Fact Sheet: America's Wars November 2006 American Revolution (1775-1783) Total Servicemembers ..................................217,000 Battle Deaths ..................................................4,435 Non-mortal Woundings......................................6,188 War of 1812 (1812-1815) Total Servicemembers...................................286,730 Battle Deaths..................................................2,260 Non-mortal Woundings.....................................4,505 Indian Wars (approx. 1817-1898) Total Servicemembers...................................106,000 Battle Deaths...................................................1,000 Mexican War (1846-1848) Total Servicemembers.....................................78,718 Battle Deaths...................................................1,733 Other Deaths in Service...................................11,550 Non-mortal Woundings......................................4,152 Civil War (1861-1865) Total Servicemembers (Union).....................2,213,363 Battle Deaths (Union)....................................140,414 Other Deaths in Service (Union)......................224,097 Non-mortal Woundings (Union).......................281,881 Total Servicemembers (Conf.)......................1,500,000 Battle Deaths (Confederate).............................74,524 Other Deaths in Service (Confed.)....................59,297 * Non-mortal Woundings (Confed.) .................Unknown Spanish-American War (1898-1902) Total 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 Servicemembers (Worldwide)...............4,734,991 Battle Deaths.................................................53,402 Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)..............63,114 Non-mortal Woundings..................................204,002 Living Veterans......................................Less than 25 World War II (1941-1945) Total Servicemembers (Worldwide).............16,112,566 Battle Deaths................................................291,557 Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater).............113,842 Non-mortal Woundings..................................671,846 Living Veterans..........................................3,242,000 Korean War (1950-1953) Total Servicemembers (Worldwide)..............5,720,000 Battle Deaths.................................................33,741 Other Deaths (In Theater)..................................2,833 Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)..............17,672 Non-mortal Woundings..................................103,284 Living Veterans..........................................3,086,400 Vietnam War (1964-1975) Total Servicemembers (Worldwide)..............8,744,000 Deployed to Southeast Asia........................3,403,000 Battle Deaths.................................................47,424 Other Deaths (In Theater)................................10,785 Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)..............32,000 Non-mortal Woundings..................................153,303 Living Veterans..........................................7,286,500 Desert Shield/Desert Storm (1990-1991) Total Servicemembers (Worldwide)..............2,322,000 Deployed to Gulf...........................................694,550 Battle Deaths......................................................147 Other Deaths (In Theater).....................................235 Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater)................1,590 Non-mortal Woundings.........................................467 Living Veterans...........................................2,260,000 America's Wars Total U.S. Military Service During War................43,185,893 Battle Deaths................................................653,708 Other Deaths (In Theater).................................14,560 Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater).............525,930 Non-mortal Woundings................................1,447,281 Living War Veterans..................................17,835,000 Living Veterans (War & Peacetime)............23,976,000 * Does not include 26,000 to 31,000 who died in Union prisons. Source: Department of Defense (DoD), except living veterans, which are VA estimates. Estimates are as of September 30, 2006. ________________________________________ Global War on Terror (as of Sept. 30, 2006)** Total Servicemembers (Worldwide)...............1,384,968 Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan....................165,000 Battle Deaths...................................................2,333 Other Deaths (In Theater).....................................707 Non-mortal Woundings....................................21,649 Living Veterans.............................................588,923*** ** For the most current GWOT statistics, visit: http://siadapp.dior.whs. mil/personnel/CASUALTY/castop.htm *** VA estimate does not include those still on active duty and may include veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. ________________________________________ American Revolution Last Veteran, Daniel F. Bakeman, died 4/5/1869, age 109 Last Widow, Catherine S. Damon, died 11/11/06, age 92 Last Dependent, Phoebe M. Palmeter, died 4/25/11, age 90 War of 1812 Last Veteran, Hiram Cronk, died 5/13/05, age 105 Last Widow, Carolina King, died 6/28/36, age unknown Last Dependent, Esther A.H. Morgan, died 3/12/46, age 89 Indian Wars Last Veteran, Fredrak Fraske, died 6/18/73, age 101 Mexican War Last Veteran, Owen Thomas Edgar, died 9/3/29, age 98 Last Widow, Lena James Theobald, died 6/20/63, age 89 Last Dependent, Jesse G. Bivens, died 11/1/62, age 94 Civil War Last Union Veteran, Albert Woolson, died 8/2/56, age 109 Last Confederate Veteran, John Salling, died 3/16/58, age 112 Last Union Widow, Gertrude Janeway, died 1/17/2003, age 93 Spanish-American War Last veteran, Nathan E. Cook, died 9/10/92, age 106 ________________________________________ It is estimated that the number of living World War II U.S. veterans will be: 9/30/06.....3,242,000 9/30/07.....2,889,000 9/30/08.....2,551,000 9/30/09.....2,230,000 9/30/10.....1,929,000 9/30/11.....1,649,000 9/30/12.....1,393,000 9/30/13.....1,161,000 9/30/14........954,000 9/30/15........773,000 9/30/16........616,000 9/30/17........484,000 9/30/18........373,000 9/30/19........283,000 9/30/20........210,000 9/30/21........158,000 ________________________________________ Veterans and Dependents on the Compensation and Pension Rolls as of September, 2006 VETERANS CHILDREN PARENTS SURVIVING SPOUSES Civil War - 3 - - Indian Wars - - - - Spanish-American War - 113 - 125 Mexican Border - 18 - 70 World War I 9 3,831 - 7,596 World War II 429,518 15,636 227 232,745 Korean Conflict 226,467 3,423 419 61,423 Vietnam Era 1,103,561 9,819 3,614 151,507 Gulf War (1) 700,560 12,461 776 12,826 Nonservice-connected 329,856 20,362 2 186,074 Service-connected 2,725,824 28,362 6,418 313,091 (1) For compensation and pension purposes, the Persian Gulf War period has not yet been terminated and includes veterans of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. From US Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs website |
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