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American Revolution (1775-1783)
Total Servicemembers ..................................217,000
Battle Deaths ..................................................4,435
Non-mortal Woundings......................................6,188
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War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Total Servicemembers...................................286,730
Battle Deaths..................................................2,260
Non-mortal Woundings.....................................4,505
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Indian Wars (approx. 1817-1898)
Total Servicemembers...................................106,000
Battle Deaths...................................................1,000
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Mexican War (1846-1848)
Total Servicemembers.....................................78,718
Battle Deaths...................................................1,733
Other Deaths in Service...................................11,550
Non-mortal Woundings......................................4,152
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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* 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, 2005.
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Global War on Terror (as of Sept. 30, 2006)**
Total Servicemembers (Worldwide)...............1,390,765
Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan....................185,329
Battle Deaths...................................................1,674
Other Deaths (In Theater).....................................563
Non-mortal Woundings....................................15,991
Living Veterans.............................................433,398***
** 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 112Last Union Widow, Gertrude Janeway, died 1/17/2003, age 93 |
| Spanish-American War |
Last veteran, Nathan E. Cook, died 9/10/92, age 106 |
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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 |
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Veterans and Dependents on the
Compensation and Pension Rolls as of
September, 2006
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VETERANS |
CHILDREN |
PARENTS |
SURVIVING SPOUSES |
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Civil War |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
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Indian Wars |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Spanish-American War |
- |
113 |
- |
125 |
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Mexican Border |
- |
18 |
- |
70 |
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World War I |
9 |
3,831 |
- |
7,596 |
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World War II |
429,518 |
15,636 |
227 |
232,745 |
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Korean Conflict |
226,467 |
3,423 |
419 |
61,423 |
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Vietnam Era |
1,103,561 |
9,819 |
3,614 |
151,507 |
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Gulf War (1) |
700,560 |
12,461 |
776 |
12,826 |
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Nonservice-connected |
329,856 |
20,362 |
2 |
186,074 |
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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.
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