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American Revolution (1775-1783)

Total U.S. Servicemembers^1^ 217,000

Battle Deaths 4,435

Non-mortal Woundings 6,188

War of 1812 (1812-1815)

Total U.S. Servicemembers 286,730

Battle Deaths 2,260

Non-mortal Woundings 4,505

Indian Wars (approx. 1817-1898)

Total U.S. Servicemembers (VA estimate) 106,000

Battle Deaths (VA estimate) 1,000

Mexican War (1846-1848)

Total U.S. Servicemembers 78,718

Battle Deaths 1,733

Other Deaths (In Theater) 11,550

Non-mortal Woundings 4,152

Civil War (1861-1865)

Total U.S. Servicemembers (Union) 2,213,363

Battle Deaths (Union) 140,414

Other Deaths (In Theater) (Union) 224,097

Non-mortal Woundings (Union) 281,881

Total Servicemembers (Conf.) ^2^ 1,050,000

Battle Deaths (Confederate) ^3^ 74,524

Other Deaths (In Theater) (Confederate) ^3,\ 4^ 59,297

Non-mortal Woundings (Confederate) Unknown

**Spanish-American War (1898-1902)**

Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) 306,760

Battle Deaths 385

Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 2,061

Non-mortal Woundings 1,662

World War I (1917-1918)

Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) 4,734,991

Battle Deaths 53,402

Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 63,114

Non-mortal Woundings 204,002

Living Veterans 1

World War II (1941 --1945)

Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) 16,112,566

Battle Deaths 291,557

Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 113,842

Non-mortal Woundings 671,846

Living Veterans ^5^ 2,306,000

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**NOTES:**

1\. Exact number is unknown. Posted figure is the median of estimated

range from 184,000 -- 250,000.

2\. Exact number is unknown. Posted figure is median of estimated

range from 600,000 -- 1,500,000.

3\. Death figures are based on incomplete returns.

4\. Does not include 26,000 to 31,000 who died in Union prisons.

5\. Estimate based upon new population projection methodology.

Korean War (1950-1953)

Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) 5,720,000

Battle Deaths 33,739

Other Deaths (In Theater) 2,835

Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 17,672

Non-mortal Woundings 103,284

Living Veterans 2,307,000

Vietnam War (1964-1975)

Total U.S. Servicemembers (Worldwide) ^6^ 8,744,000

Deployed to Southeast Asia ^7^ 3,403,000

Battle Deaths ^8^ 47,434

Other Deaths (In Theater) ^8^ 10,786

Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) ^8^ 32,000

Non-mortal Woundings ^9^ 153,303

Living Veterans ^5,\ 10^ 7,125,000

Desert Shield/Desert Storm (1990-1991)

Total U.S. 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 ^5,\ 10^ 2,269,000

**America's Wars Total (1775 -1991)**

U.S. Military Service during Wartime 41,891,368

Battle Deaths 651,030

Other Deaths (In Theater) 308,800

Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 230,279

Non-mortal Woundings 1,431,290

Living War Veterans 17,456,000

Living Veterans (Periods of War & Peace) 23,442,000

**Global War on Terror (Oct 2001 - )**

The Global War on Terror (GWOT), including Operation Enduring Freedom
(OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), are ongoing conflicts. For the
most current GWOT statistics, visit the following Department of Defense
Website:

<http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/CASUALTY/gwot_component.pdf>

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6\. Covers the period 8/5/64 - 1/27/73 (date of cease fire)

7\. Department of Defense estimate

8\. Covers period 11/1/55 -- 5/15/75

9\. Excludes 150,341 not requiring hospital care

10.VA estimate, as of 5/08, does not include those still on active duty
and may include veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

**Source:** Department of Defense (DOD), except living veterans, which
are VA estimates as of Sep 2008.

America's Wars Fact Sheet, Nov 2008

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **American Revolution**           | **Mexican War**                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Last Veteran, Daniel F. Bakeman,  | Last Veteran, Owen Thomas Edgar,  |
|                                   |                                   |
| died 4/5/1869, age 109            | died 9/3/29, age 98               |
|                                   |                                   |
| Last Widow, Catherine S. Damon,   | Last Widow, Lena James Theobald,  |
|                                   |                                   |
| died 11/11/06, age 92             | died 6/20/63, age 89              |
|                                   |                                   |
| Last Dependent, Phoebe M.         | Last Dependent, Jesse G. Bivens,  |
| Palmeter,                         |                                   |
|                                   | died 11/1/62, age 94              |
| died 4/25/11, age 90              |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **War of 1812**                   | **Civil War**                     |
|                                   |                                   |
| Last Veteran, Hiram Cronk,        | Last Union Veteran, Albert        |
|                                   | Woolson,                          |
| died 5/13/05, age 105             |                                   |
|                                   | died 8/2/56, age 109              |
| Last Widow, Carolina King,        |                                   |
|                                   | Last Confederate Veteran, John    |
| died 6/28/36, age unknown         | Salling,                          |
|                                   |                                   |
| Last Dependent, Esther A.H.       | died 3/16/58, age 112             |
| Morgan,                           |                                   |
|                                   | Last Union Widow, Gertrude        |
| died 3/12/46, age 89              | Janeway,                          |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | died 1/17/2003, age 93            |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Indian Wars                       | **Spanish-American War**          |
|                                   |                                   |
| Last Veteran, Fredrak Fraske,     | Last veteran, Nathan E. Cook,     |
|                                   |                                   |
| died 6/18/73, age 101             | died 9/10/92, age 106             |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

VA estimates the number of living World War II U.S. veterans will
be:^\*^

9/30/08 2,306,000 9/30/09....... 2,024,000 9/30/10........1,761,000
9/30/11.......... 1,517,000 9/30/12 1,294,000 9/30/13........1,092,000
9/30/14..........911,000 9/30/15... .... ...750,000 9/30/16 611,000
9/30/17.......... 490,000 9/30/18...\........388,000
9/30/19............303,000 9/30/20 233,000 9/30/21..........176,000
9/30/22..........131,000 9/30/23..............96,000

\* Estimates have changed based on new population projections.
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**U.S. Veterans and Dependents on\
Benefits Rolls as of\
September 2008**

**SURVIVING**

**VETERANS CHILDREN PARENTS SPOUSES**

Civil War - 2 - -

Indian Wars - - - -

Spanish-American War - 94 - 90

Mexican Border - 15 - 60

World War I - 3,169 - 4,873

World War II 274,052 14,403 117 223,895

Korean Conflict 156,842 3,170 257 60,948

Vietnam Era 1,015,151 8,843 2,932 165,376

Gulf War ^1^ 896,288 13,688 926 15,945

Non service-connected 315,763 18,103 2 182,236

Service-connected 2,951,587 28,016 5,385 320,979

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.