Monday, May 30, 2016

Memorial Day




Memorial Day


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war

War or Conflict Date Total U.S. Deaths Wounded Total U.S. Casualties Missing
Combat Other Total
American Revolutionary War 1775–1783 8,000 17,000 25,000 25,000 50,000

Northwest Indian War 1785–1796 1,056+
1,056+ 825+ 1,881+

Quasi-War 1798–1800 20 494 514 42 556

First Barbary War 1801–1805 35 39 74 64 138

Other actions against pirates 1800–1900 36 158+:42 194+ 100+ 294+

Chesapeake–Leopard Affair 1807 3 0 3 18 21

War of 1812 1812–1815 2,260 12,740~ 15,000~ 4,505 20,000~

Nuka Hiva Campaign 1813–1814 5 0 5 11 16

Creek War 1813-1814

575



Second Barbary War 1815 4 134
10 148

First Seminole War 1817–1818 47 0 47 36 83

First Sumatran Expedition 1832 2
2 11 13

Black Hawk War 1832 47 258 305 85 390

Second Seminole War 1835–1842 328 1,207 1,535



Mexican–American War 1846–1848 1,733 11,550 13,283 4,152 17,435

Cayuse War 1847-1856 40 1 41 74 115

Rogue River Wars 1851-1856 190 6 196 293 489

Yakima War 1855-1856 32 2 34 92 126

Third Seminole War 1855–1858 26
26 27 53

Second Opium War 1856-1860 12
12 39 51

Coeur d'Alene War 1858 36
36 60 96

Civil War: total 1861–1865 214,938 400K-500K 750,000~ 



Union
140,414 224,097 364,511 281,881 646,392

Confederate
74,524-94,000 225,000~ 299,524~



Dakota War of 1862
(Little Crow's War)
1862 70–113
70–113 150 220–263

Shimonoseki Straits 1863 4–5 0 4–5 6 10

Snake Indian War 1864–1868 30
30 128 158

Indian Wars 1865–1898 919

1,025


Red Cloud's War 1866–1868 126
126 100 226

Korea (Shinmiyangyo) 1871 3
3 9 12

Modoc War 1872–1873 56
56 88 144

Great Sioux War 1875–1877 314
314 211 525

Nez Perce War 1877 134
134 157 291

Bannock War 1878 12 0 12 22 34

Ute War 1879 15 0 15 52 67

Sheepeater Indian War 1879 1
1 10 11

Samoan crisis 1887-1889 0 62 62
62

Ghost Dance War 1890–1891 35
35 64 99

Sugar Point
Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians
1898 7 0 7 16 23 0
Spanish–American War 1898 385 2,061 2,446 1,622 4,068

Philippine–American War 1898–1913 1,020 3,176 4,196 2,930 7,126

Boxer Rebellion 1900–1901 68 63 131 204 335 0
Santo Domingo Affair 1904 1 0 1 2 3

United States occupation of Nicaragua 1910, 1912-1925, 1927-1933 90 69 159 290 449

Mexican Revolution 1914–1919 120 61 181 319 500

Occupation of Haiti 1915–1934 10 138 148 26+ 184+

World War I 1917–1918 53,402 63,114 116,516 204,002 320,518 3,350
North Russia Campaign 1918–1920

424



American Expeditionary Force Siberia 1918–1920 160 168 328 52+ 380+

China 1918; 1921; 1926–1927; 1930; 1937 5

78 83

World War II 1941–1945 291,557 113,842 405,399 670,846 1,076,245 30,314
Greek Civil War 1944-1949 1 5 6
6

Chinese Civil War 1945–1950 14 150 164 51 215

Berlin Blockade 1948–1949
31




Korean War 1950–1953 33,686 2,830 36,516 92,134 128,650 4,759
U.S.S.R. Cold War 1947–1991 32

12 44

China Cold War 1950–1972 16


16

Vietnam War 1955–1975 47,424 10,785 58,209 153,303 211,454 2,489
1958 Lebanon crisis 1958 1 5 6 1+ 7+

Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961 4
4
4

Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 1 19 20
20

Dominican Republic 1965–1966 27 20 47 283 330

USS Liberty incident 1967 34

171


Iran 1980 0 8 8 4 12 0
El Salvador Civil War 1980–1992 22 15 37 35


Beirut deployment 1982–1984 256
266 169


Persian Gulf escorts 1987–1988 39 0 39 31


Invasion of Grenada 1983 18 1 19 119


1986 Bombing of Libya 1986 2 0 2 0 2

Invasion of Panama 1989 23
40 324


Gulf War 1990–1991 149 145 294 849 1,143 0
Operation Provide Comfort 1991-1996 1 18 19 4 23

Somalia 1992–1993 29 14 43 153


Haiti 1994–1995 1
4 3


Colombia 1994–present 0 8 8



Bosnia-Herzegovina 1995–2004 1 11 12



Kosovo War 1999–Present 4 14 18 N/A 18+ 2
Afghanistan War 2001–present 1,742 471 2,229 18,675 20,904 0
Iraq War 2003–2011 3,527 961 4,488 32,222 36,710 2
Operation Inherent Resolve 2014- 2 7 3 1 4 1
Total 1775–present 664,440+ 673,929+ 1,354,664+ 1,498,237+ 2,852,901+ 40,917+



Honor and Remember





12 comments :

  1. Such a sad list. Honorable people following orders.

    Thank you.

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    1. I never realized how many brave men gave up their lives for our country until I saw the numbers. So many families sacrificed so much.

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    1. Unbelievable statistics. Overwhelming, really. God bless them all.

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  3. Speaking as a Canadian from a country that sometimes takes its allies and friends for granted - I would like to thank the US vets (alive and the dead) for your service. Your good deeds did not end at your own borders.

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    1. Thank you Mr. Filthie - your kind words mean a lot to us Yanks. Proud to have you as a neighbor!

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  4. I am often in awe of your fact findings...Today most certainly. Thank you!

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    1. It's probably more than this. There are all the 'secret' wars we will never know about.

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  5. Stunning figures to see like that. We who live in the larges of their sacrifice honor them. Some how it does not seem enough.

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    1. They should be in our thoughts every single day. If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't be here. Our country wouldn't be here.

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  6. I am trying to catch up with my blogs and just now saw this. A great way to honor the fallen. Thanks so much for caring. There aren't many who do left. Most people never give it a thought. They just enjoy the extra day off or go check out the sales.

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    1. I'm proud to be an American, Mr. Rat. I am not proud of our current government so-called leaders. Hopefully, that will change and people will once again be thankful for our servicemen and women.

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