An estimated two million Korean civilians died in the war. More than 1.5 million Chinese and North Korean soldiers are thought to have died. The South Korean armed forces lost some 415,000 and the US 33,629 killed or missing. Other UN contingents lost 4,266 including just over 1,600 British and Commonwealth servicemen. British losses were 1,078.
Figures vary according to sources used.
The above figures are on display in the Conflicts since 1945 exhibition, in the museum. The encyclopedia of military history from 3500 B.C. to the present day R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor N. Dupuy. Harper and Row, 1977.