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  **May 2001**

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American Revolution (1775-1783)

Total Servicemembers 217,000

Battle Deaths 4,435

Non-mortal Woundings 6,188

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 (1812-1815)

Total Servicemembers 286,730

Battle Deaths 2,260

Non-mortal Woundings 4,505

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 (approx. 1817-1898)

Total Servicemembers 106,000\*

Battle Deaths 1,000\*

Last Veteran, Fredrak Fraske,

    died 6/18/73, age 101

Mexican War (1846-1848)

Total Servicemembers 78,718

Battle Deaths 1,733

Other Deaths in Service 11,550

Non-mortal Woundings 4,152

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 (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.) 1,050,000

Battle Deaths (Confederate) 74,524

Other Deaths in Service (Confederate) 59,297\*\*

Non-mortal Woundings (Confederate) Unknown

Last Union Veteran, Albert Woolson

    died 8/2/56, age 109

Last Confederate Veteran, John Salling

    died 3/16/58, age 112

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

Last veteran, Nathan E. Cook,\
died 9/10/92, age 106

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 2,503\*

World War II (1940 --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 5,451,378\*

Korean War (1950-1953)

Total Servicemenbers (Worldwide) 5,720,000

Battle Deaths 33,686

Other Deaths (In Theater) 2,830

Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 17,730

Non-mortal Woundings 103,284

Living Veterans 3,913,749\*

Vietnam War (1964-1975)

Total Servicemembers (Worldwide) 9,200,000

Deployed to Southeast Asia 3,100,000

Battle Deaths 47,410

Other Deaths (In Theater) 10,788

Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) est. 32,000

Non-mortal Woundings 153,303

Living Veterans 8,300,106\*

Gulf War (1990-1991)

Total Servicemembers (Worldwide) 2,322,332

Deployed to Gulf 1,136,658

Battle Deaths 148

Other Deaths (In Theater) 235

Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 914

Non-mortal Woundings 467

Living Veterans 1,753,530

America's Wars Total

Military Service During War 42,348,460

Battle Deaths 650,954

Other Deaths in Service (In Theater) 13,853

Other Deaths in Service (Non-Theater) 229,661

Non-mortal Woundings 1,431,290

Living War Veterans 19,421,266\*

Living Veterans 25,497,691\*

**Veterans and Dependents on the**

**Compensation and Pension Rolls as of**

**May, 2001**

**SURVIVING**

**VETERANS CHILDREN PARENTS SPOUSES**

Civil War - 12 - 1

Indian Wars - 1 - -

Spanish-American War - 245 - 386

Mexican Border 9 25 - 181

World War I 144 5,810 1 25,573

World War II 647,205 18,707 1,388 272,793

Korean Conflict 249,515 4,110 1,496 63,579

Vietnam Era 851,143 13,465 6,118 114,514

Gulf War\*\*\* 344,174 8,508 338 6,261

**TOTAL WARTIME 2,092,190 50,883 9,341 483,288**

Nonservice-connected 352,761 27,221 - 230,194

Service-connected 2,306,731 30,757 11,650 288,661

**TOTAL 2,659,492** **57,978** **11,650** **518,855**

NOTE: Figures on the number of living veterans are projected from the
final 1990 Census data and include only veterans living in the U.S and
Puerto Rico. Periods of service used in Census data may differ slightly
from those of DoD. Although Gulf War figures are shown for the peak
1990-1991 period, the Gulf War period has not yet been officially
terminated.

Source: Department of Defense, unless otherwise indicated.

"Other deaths in Service" is the number of servicemembers who died while
on active duty, other than those attributable to combat, regardless of
the location or cause of death.

\* VA estimate

\*\* An estimated figure does not include 26,000 to 31,000 who died in
Union prisons.

\*\*\*For VA benefits purposes, the Gulf War period of service remains
open-ended and also includes those discharged from 1991 to date.

It is estimated that the number of living World War I veterans will be:

9/30/01 2,212 9/30/07 171 9/30/13 12

9/30/02 1,452 9/30/08 110 9/30/14 7

9/30/03 952 9/30/09 71 9/30/15 4

9/30/04 623 9/30/10 46 9/30/16 3

9/30/05 407 9/30/11 29 9/30/17 2

9/30/06 265 9/30/12 19 9/30/18 1

It is estimated that the number of living World War II veterans will be:

9/30/01 5,032,591 9/30/08 2,383,578 9/30/15 724,947

9/30/02 4,618,560 9/30/09 2,074,699 9/30/16 583,410

9/30/03 4,211,991 9/30/10 1,788,795 9/30/17 463,088

9/30/04 3,815,644 9/30/11 1,526,903 9/30/18 362,282

9/30/05 3,432,216 9/30/12 1,289,627 9/30/19 279,113

9/30/06 3,064,236 9/30/13 1,077,141 9/30/20 211,584

9/30/07 2,714,009 9/30/14 889,152