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To: fortheDeclaration

*United States War Casualties1,2

WAR

NUMBER SERVING

WOUNDED

BATTLE DEATHS

       
Revolutionary War 217,0003 6,188 4,435
War of 1812 286,730 4,505 2,260
Mexican War 78,718 4,152 1,733
Civil War (Both Sides) 3,213,363 354,805 191,963
Spanish American War 306,760 1,662 385
World War I 4,734,991 204,002 53,402
World War II 16,112,566 671,846 291,557
Korean Conflict 5,720,000 103,284 33,741
Vietnam Conflict 8,744,000 153,303 47,424
Persian Gulf War 2,225,000 467 147
*The above numbers have qualifying conditions associated with them. See references 1 and 2 below for details if needed.

from
http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/war_casualties.htm

16 posted on 08/10/2006 5:31:30 AM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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To: AFPhys

Thank you AFPhys, all this time I've been wrong, I've always thought the number was higher than that.

According to the US War Casualties, it says Vietnam had 47,424 deaths, but there are about 58,000 people listed on the Vietnma Wall.


45 posted on 08/10/2006 6:43:57 AM PDT by tillacum
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