[Gefreiter]

pjd,
See this post:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1225799/posts

replies 21-26.

Numbers came from Newsweek piece 2 years ago.

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[pjd]

Thanks. Copied and pasted the data from your linked post here.

Businessweek, 28OCT02, p12: "Casualties of War and Piece" (a small table, not an article). Most recent data read thus:

1999-2001: 1.37 million avg active duty troops

Cause and number of deaths in that period:
Terrorist attack: 70
Accidents: 1,258
Hostile Action: 0
Homicide: 110
Self inflicted: 405