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American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics
Updated July 29, 2020
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American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics
Summary
This report provides U.S. war casualty statistics. It includes data tables containing the number of casualties among American military personnel who served in principal wars and combat operations from 1775 to the present. It also includes data on those wounded in action and information such as race and ethnicity, gender, branch of service, and cause of death. The tables are compiled from various Department of Defense (DOD) sources. Wars covered include the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam Conflict, and the Persian Gulf War. Military operations covered include the Iranian Hostage Rescue Mission; Lebanon Peacekeeping; Urgent Fury in Grenada; Just Cause in Panama; Desert Shield and Desert Storm; Restore Hope in Somalia; Uphold Democracy in Haiti; Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF); Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF); Operation New Dawn (OND); Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR); and Operation Freedom's Sentinel (OFS). Starting with the Korean War and the more recent conflicts, this report includes additional detailed information on types of casualties and, when available, demographics. It also cites a number of resources for further information, including sources of historical statistics on active duty military deaths, published lists of military personnel killed in combat actions, data on demographic indicators among U.S. military personnel, related websites, and relevant CRS reports.
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Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Casualty Statistics............................................................................................................................ 1 American Casualties by State and U.S. Territories........................................................................ 30 Resources....................................................................................................................................... 42
Sources of Statistics ................................................................................................................ 42 Sources of Published Lists of Names of War Dead or Other Demographic Indicators........... 42
World War I....................................................................................................................... 42 World War II ..................................................................................................................... 43 Korean War ....................................................................................................................... 43 Vietnam War ..................................................................................................................... 43 Persian Gulf War (Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield) ...................................... 44 Global War on Terror/Overseas Contingency Operations................................................. 44 Past Conflicts' Source ....................................................................................................... 44 Wars Prior to World War I................................................................................................. 44 Additional Websites .......................................................................................................... 44 CRS Reports ..................................................................................................................... 45
Tables
Table 1. Principal Wars or Conflicts in Which the United States Participated: U.S. Military Personnel Serving and Casualties .......................................................................... 1
Table 2. Worldwide U.S. Active Duty Military Deaths in Selected Military Operations ................ 4 Table 3. Active Duty Military Deaths: Race/Ethnicity Summary ................................................... 5 Table 4. U.S. Active Duty Military Deaths, 1980-2010, Part I: Total Military Personnel............... 6 Table 5. U.S. Active Duty Military Deaths, 1980- 2010, Part II: Cause of Death........................... 7 Table 6. Korean War: Casualty Summary ....................................................................................... 8 Table 7. Vietnam Conflict: Casualty Summary ............................................................................... 9 Table 8. Persian Gulf War: Casualty Summary ............................................................................... 9 Table 9. Operation Enduring Freedom: Casualty Summary by Casualty Category ......................11 Table 10. Operation Enduring Freedom: Military Deaths ..............................................................11 Table 11. Operation Enduring Freedom: Military Wounded in Action ......................................... 13 Table 12. Operation Iraqi Freedom: Casualty Summary by Casualty Category ........................... 15 Table 13. Operation Iraqi Freedom: Military Deaths .................................................................... 15 Table 14. Operation Iraqi Freedom: Wounded in Action............................................................... 17 Table 15. Operation New Dawn: Casualty Summary by Casualty Category ................................ 19 Table 16. Operation New Dawn: Military Deaths ......................................................................... 20 Table 17. Operation New Dawn: Military Wounded in Action ..................................................... 21 Table 18. U.S. Coast Guard Service Casualties by Conflict.......................................................... 23 Table 19. Operation Inherent Resolve: Casualty Summary by Casualty Category ...................... 24 Table 20. Operation Inherent Resolve: Military Deaths................................................................ 24 Table 21. Operation Inherent Resolve: Military Wounded in Action ............................................ 25 Table 22. Operation Freedom's Sentinel: Casualty Summary by Casualty Category .................. 27
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Table 23. Operation Freedom's Sentinel: Military Deaths ............................................................ 28 Table 24. Operation Freedom's Sentinel: Military Wounded in Action ........................................ 29 Table 25. World War 1 ................................................................................................................... 31 Table 26. World War II .................................................................................................................. 32 Table 27. World War II .................................................................................................................. 35 Table 28. Korean War .................................................................................................................... 37 Table 29. Vietnam War .................................................................................................................. 38 Table 30. Persian Gulf War............................................................................................................ 40
Contacts
Author Information........................................................................................................................ 45
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American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics
Introduction
This report provides war casualty statistics. It includes data tables containing the number of fatalities and the number of wounded among American military personnel who served in principal wars and combat actions from 1775 to the present. It also includes information such as race and ethnicity, gender, branch of service, and, in some cases, detailed information on types of casualties and causes of death.
Casualty statistics for wars that ended long ago are updated periodically, sometimes yearly. These updates almost always reflect the identification of remains of persons previously listed as missing in action (MIA) and the reclassification of those persons as dead. Other reasons, much less frequent, include the discovery of errors in casualty records for individuals or categories such as race and ethnicity.
Casualty Statistics
U.S. casualty statistics are information on war fighters who have fallen in global or regional conflicts involving the United States. The data are gathered on deceased, wounded, ill, or injured active duty U.S. military personnel and Guard/Reservists. The Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) is maintained by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).
Casualty statistics for conflicts prior to the Persian Gulf War (Desert Shield and Desert Storm) are updated periodically by the DCAS of the DMDC. Casualty figures for Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation New Dawn (OND), Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), and Operation Freedom's Sentinel (OFS) are updated daily. Links to the sources for casualty figures appear below each table in this report.
Table 1 lists casualty statistics for battles, attacks, and operations from the period of the Revolutionary War to the Persian Gulf War.
Table 1. Principal Wars or Conflicts in Which the United States Participated: U.S. Military Personnel Serving and Casualties
(1775-1991)
Casualties
War or Conflict Revolutionary Warb 1775-1783
War of 1812c 1812-1815
Branch of Service
Total Army Navy Marines Total Army Navy Marines
Number Serving
-- -- -- -- 286,730 -- -- --
Total Deaths
4,435 4,044
342 49
2,260 1,950
265 45
Battle Deaths
4,435 4,044
342 49
2,260 1,950
265 45
Other Deaths
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Wounds Not Mortala
6,188 6,004
114 70
4,505 4,000
439 66
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War or Conflict Mexican Warc 1846-1848
Civil Warcd (Union Forces Only)e 1861-1865
Spanish-American War 1898-1901
World War I 1917-1918
World War IIi 1941-1946j
Korean Warm 1950-1953
Vietnam Conflictn 1964-1973
Branch of Service
Number Serving
Total Army Navy Marines Total Army Navy Marines Total Armyg Navy Marines Total Armyh Navy Marines Total Armyk Navyl Marines Total Army Navy Marines Air Force
78,718 -- -- --
2,213,363 2,128,948
84,415
f
306,760 280,564 22,875
3,321 4,734,991 4,057,101
599,051 78,839 16,112,566 11,260,000 4,183,466 669,100 5,720,000 2,834,000 1,177,000 424,000 1,285,000
Total Deaths
13,283 13,271
1 11 364,511 359,528 4,523 460 2,446 2,430 10 6 116,516 106,378 7,287 2,851 405,399 318,274 62,614 24,511 36,574 29,856 657 4,509 1,552
Total
8,744,000 58,220
Army Navy
4,368,000
38,224
1,842,000
2,566
Casualties
Battle Deaths
1,733 1,721
1 11 140,414 138,154 2,112 148 385 369 10 6 53,402 50,510 431 2,461 291,557 234,874 36,950 19,733 33,739 27,731 503 4,267 1,238
47,434
30,963
1,631
Other Deaths
11,550 11,550
-- -- 224,097 221,374 2,411 312 2,061 2,061 -- -- 63,114 55,868 6,856 390 113,842 83,400 25,664 4,778 2,835 2,125 154 242 314
10,786
7,261
935
Wounds Not Mortala
4,152
4,102
3
47
281,881
280,040
1,710
131
1,662
1,594
47
21
204,002
193,663
819
9,520
670,846
565,861
37,778
67,207
103,284
77,596
1,576
23,744
368
Hospital Care:
153,303 No Hospital
Care: 150,341
Hosp. Care: 96,802
No Hosp. Care: 104,723
Hosp. Care: 4,178
No Hosp. Care: 5,898
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Casualties
War or Conflict
Persian Gulf Waro 1990-1991
Branch of Service
Marines
Air Force
Total Army Navy Marines Air Force
Number Serving
Total Deaths
794,000
14,844
1,740,000
2,225,000 782,000 669,000 213,000 561,000
2,586
383 224
56 68 35
Battle Deaths
13,095
1,745
148 98 6 24 20
Other Deaths
1,749
841
235 126
50 44 15
Wounds Not Mortala
Hosp. Care: 51,392
No Hosp. Care: 37,202
Hosp. Care: 931
No Hosp. Care: 2,518
467
354
12
92
9
Source: Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS), report_principal_wars.xhtml.
Notes: Data prior to World War I are based on incomplete records in many cases. Casualty data are confined to dead and wounded and, therefore, exclude personnel captured or missing in action who were subsequently returned to military control.
a. Marine Corps data for World War II, the Spanish-American War, and prior wars represent the number of individuals wounded, whereas all other data in this column represent the total number (incidence) of wounds.
b. Number serving not known, but estimates range from 184,000 to 250,000.
c. As reported by the Commissioner of Pensions in the annual report for FY1903.
d. The Civil War (1861-1865) produced the most American casualties, when both Union statistics and Confederate estimates are taken into account.
e. Authoritative statistics for the Confederate forces are not available. Estimates of the number who served range from 600,000 to 1,500,000. The final report of the Provost Marshal General, 1863-1866, indicated 133,821 Confederate deaths (74,524 battle and 59,297 other) based upon incomplete returns. In addition, an estimated 26,000 to 31,000 Confederate personnel died in Union prisons.
f. The Marine Corps number serving is included in the Navy total.
g. Number serving covers the period April 21, 1898, to August 13, 1898, whereas dead and wounded data are for the period May 1, 1898, to August 31, 1898. Active hostilities ceased on August 13, 1898, but ratifications of the Treaty of Peace were not exchanged between the United States and Spain until April 11, 1899.
h. Includes air service. Battle deaths and wounds not mortal include casualties suffered by American forces in northern Russia to August 25, 1919, and in Siberia to April 1, 1920. Other deaths cover the period from April 1, 1917, to December 31, 1918.
i. World War II was the first war in which there were more American battle casualties than deaths from other causes, such as accidents, disease, and infections.
j. Data are for the period December 1, 1941, through December 31, 1946, when hostilities were officially terminated by presidential proclamation, but a few battle deaths or wounds not mortal were incurred after the Japanese acceptance of the Allied peace terms on August 14, 1945. Numbers serving from December 1, 1941, through August 31, 1945, were as follows: Total 14,903,213; Army 10,420,000; Navy 3,883,520; and Marine Corps 599,693.
k. Includes Army air forces, also known as the Army Air Corps.
l. Battle deaths and wounds not mortal include casualties incurred in October 1941 due to hostile action.
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m. Worldwide military deaths during the Korean War totaled 54,246. In-theater casualty records are updated annually.
n. Number serving covers the period August 5, 1964 ("Vietnam era" begins), through January 27, 1973 (date of cease-fire). Deaths include the period November 1, 1955 (commencement date for the Military Assistance Advisory Group); through May 15, 1975 (date last American servicemembers left Southeast Asia). Casualty records are updated annually, including current deaths that are directly attributed to combat in the Vietnam Conflict. Additional detail shows the number of wounded-in-action servicemembers not requiring hospital care.
o. For this conflict, Coast Guard numbers are included with Navy. Report does not include one MIA servicemember Captain Michael "Scott" Speicher, whose remains were recovered in Iraq in 2009.
Table 2 lists casualty statistics for worldwide U.S. Military deaths in selected operations.
Table 2.Worldwide U.S.Active Duty Military Deaths in Selected Military Operations
(1980-1996)
Military Operation/Incident
Casualty Type
Total
Army
Navy
Air Marine Force Corps
Iranian Hostage Rescue Mission
Nonhostilea
8
0
0
April 25, 1980
Lebanon Peacekeeping
Hostileb
August 25, 1982-February 26, 1984 Nonhostile
256
3
19
9
5
2
Total
265
8
21
Urgent Fury, Grenada 1983
Hostile Nonhostile
18
11
4
1
1
0
Total
19
12
4
Just Cause, Panama 1989
Hostile
23
18
4
Persian Gulf War 1990-1991
Desert Shield
Nonhostile
84
21
36
Desert Storm
Hostile
148
98
6
Nonhostile
151
105
14
Desert Storm 299
203
20
Total
Desert Shield and Desert Storm Total
383
224
56
Restore Hope and UNOSOMc, Somalia, 1992-1994
Hostile Nonhostile Total
29
27
0
14
4
0
43
31
0
Uphold Democracy, Haiti 1994-1996
Nonhostile
4
3
0
5
3
0
234
0
2
0
236
0
3
0
0
0
3
0
1
9
18
20
24
6
26
26
50
35
68
0
2
8
2
8
4
0
1
Source: DCAS, .
a. According to the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, as amended through August 31, 2005, a nonhostile casualty is a casualty that is not directly attributable to hostile action or terrorist activity, such as casualties due to the elements, self-inflicted wounds, or combat fatigue. The current version of the Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, as amended through July 2019, uses the term nonbattle casualty for nonhostile casualty. See dictionary.pdf?ver=2019-01-30-082945-953.
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