Memorial Day: A chart showing where America's serviceman sacrifices were the greatest

americanthinker.com ^ | 5/28/2018 | Monica Showalter

[rktman]

Either commit to ending it or stop.

[rktman]

Direct link to map:

https://www.axios.com/map-hometowns-of-americas-fallen-servicemembers-since-911-3d64f6a3-fc0b-421d-8dbb-06a6b94a1b66.html

[originalbuckeye]

Very surprising to see the LA area with the most, who have sacrificed.

[Paladin2]

https://graphics.axios.com/2018-05-25-memorial-day/index.html?initialWidth=732&childId=av-2018-05-25-memorial-day-WZB7Y&parentTitle=Memorial%20Day%20map%3A%20The%20homes%20of%20Americans%20who%20died%20for%20U.S.%20since%209%2F11%20-%C2%A0Axios&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.axios.com%2Fmap-hometowns-of-americas-fallen-servicemembers-since-911-3d64f6a3-fc0b-421d-8dbb-06a6b94a1b66.html

[rktman]

Thanks.

[DoodleBob]

The size of the dot reflects the number of killed servicemen per city, while the shading reflects the intensity (i.e., deaths as a % of the city's population).

In general, the dot size will grab the viewer's attention more than shading (especially since most men are partially color-blind).

Thus, if there is "bias" in the graphic, it is to grab the attention of big city folk. Indeed, the largest dots are in Blue zones while the most intense dots are in Trump country.

[G Larry]

Hmmm....

Cook County, IL = 60 since 9/11/01

That’s just an average month for those who stay home in Chicago....

[rktman]

So, they’d be safer in Iraq or Afghanistan then right? Among that age group. Or are the chiraq dead in a lower age group.

[Does so]

Found also here:

http://toptwitter.com/Hometowns-of-Americans

If my experience means anything, these are "green-card-soldiers".

[null and void]

(especially since most men are partially color-blind)

Eh? There are more than 5 colors?

[pepsi_junkie]

At a glance it seems to line up with military bases, like that very large circle over San Diego for example, which has a large USMC and USN presence.

I'd have thought it would be home towns but it could be more like where their home address was when they were killed. So a lot of those LA area people might be from Texas or Florida anywhere else. Just a guess.

[DoodleBob]

Sorry, more precisely, men are more likely to be color blind than women. The quoted statistic is that as many as 8 percent of men and 0.5 percent of women with Northern European ancestry have the common form of red-green color blindness.

[suthener]

“At a glance it seems to line up with military bases,”

That was my observation, too. It appears that a large number of deaths may be attributed to their duty station location as opposed to hometown.

[suthener]

“It is more often than not an economic decision.”

You’re wrong. Your other theories are probably more correct, but I think you do an injustice to those who are serving (and those of us who have) to say that economics was our primary reason for joining. Most members in the armed forces were raised in a middle or upper class household.

[Fiddlstix]

[null and void]

No offense taken! I actually met a kid who is totally color blind, not just red-green, but blue-yellow as well.

Given the Northern European connection, I’d be tempted to speculate it’s a Neanderthal related thing, but Neanderthals used ocher as part of their funeral rites, and wouldn’t if they didn’t perceive red.

[jjotto]

My ex-wife was from an old Southern family, comfortable upper middle class. That family and others like them that they associated with expected the males to serve in the military. It was considered necessary for success in business, the professions, and politics.

[DoodleBob]

NP. The male vs female prevalence is due to the defect occurring on the X-chromosome. If that chromosome is defective, in women they have a "spare" to compensate while us guys are SOL. As for the Northern European dominance, I haven't a clue...maybe it's a little Cross we got from God.

My original point is that the SIZE of the dot will likely draw attention more than color. Thus, the graphic designer likely wanted to draw attention to the loss of life from big cities. However, you'll notice the intensity is generally inversely correlate with the size - there are more small dots with a higher % of deaths per 100k inhabitants than visa versa. Small towns experience a greater relative loss of life due to war than large towns/cities.

I don't know if there is some underlying linkage between voting patterns and intensity - correlation does not imply causality. Perhaps Trump won more counties with high dot intensity because those towns understand that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance - but that does not make those areas warmongers. Just a thought.

[null and void]

Yes. It was 27.5 per 100,000 in Chattahoochee County.