United States military casualties of war

The following is a tabulation of United States military casualties of war.

Overview Note: "Total casualties" includes wounded, combat and non-combat deaths but not missing in action. "Deaths – other" includes all non-combat deaths including those from bombing, massacres, disease, suicide, and murder.

War or conflict Date Total U.S. deaths Wounded Total U.S. casualties Missing Sources and notes Deaths as percentage of total population Combat Other Total American Revolutionary War 1775–1783 6,800 17,000 23,800 8,500+ 32,300+ Northwest Indian War 1785–1796 1,056+ 1,056+ 825+ 1,881+John Grenier The First Way of War: American War Making on the Frontier (Cambridge University Press) pp. 195–200Rajitar 33–36, 71–73Konstantin 11–14, 111 Quasi-War 1798–1800 20 494Michael A Palmer Stoddert's War: Naval Operations During the Quasi-War with France 1798–1801 (Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1987) pp. 119, 208, 218, 228 514 42 556 First Barbary War 1801–1805 35 39 74 64 138Joseph Wheelan Jefferson's War, (Carol and Graph Publishers, 2003) pp. 208–28Gregory Fremont-Barnes Wars of the Barbary Coast: To the Shores of Tripoli (Osprey Publishing 2006)John Randolph Spears David G Farragut (Cornell University Press, 2009) p. 39 Other actions against pirates 1800–1900 36 158+ 194+ 100+ 294+Edgar Stanton Maclay, A History of the United States Navy from 1775 to 1894 pp. 120–27 Chesapeake–Leopard affair 1807 3 0 3 18 21 War of 1812 1812–1815 2,260 12,740~ 15,000~ 4,505 20,000~The "other" deaths were primarily from disease. Donald R. Hickey, Don't Give Up the Ship! Myths of the War of 1812t (University of Illinois Press, 2006), 297.0.21% Nuku Hiva Campaign 1813–1814 5 0 5 11 16 Creek War 1813–1814 575575Richard Blackmon, The Creek War, 1813–1814 (Center of Military History, 2014), 40. Second Barbary War 1815 4 134Joseph Wheelan Jefferson's War p. 357138~ 10 148Joseph Wheelan Jefferson's War (Carol and Graf 2003), pp. 354, 357 First Seminole War 1817–1818 47 0 47 36 83Colonel Raymond K Bluhm US Army A Complete History (The Army Historical Foundation) p. 154 First Sumatran expedition 1832 2 2 11 13 Black Hawk War 1832 47 258Bluhm 166Kerry A Trask Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America (Henry Holt and Co, 2006) pp. 271–76 305 85 390Patrick Jung The Black Hawk War of 1832 (University of Oklahoma Press) pp. 170–172 Second Seminole War 1835–1842 328 1,207 1,535 1,535 Mexican–American War 1846–1848 1,733 11,550 13,283 4,152 17,435John W. Chambers, II, ed. in chief, The Oxford Companion to American Military History. (Oxford University Press, 1999, ), 849.0.06% Cayuse War 1847–1856 40 1 41 74 115Frances Fuller Victor, The Cayuse Wars (The Early Indian Wars of Oregon, Pt 1). (Taxus Baccata Books, 2006, ), 211. Rogue River Wars 1851–1856 190 6 196 293 489AG Henry, Rogue River War. (YE Galleon Press, 1996, ), 39. Yakima War 1855–1856 32 2 34 92 126 Third Seminole War 1855–1858 26 26 27 53Joe Knetscii Florida's Seminole Wars: 1817–1858 (Florida Historical Society) p. 152 Second Opium War 1856–1860 12 12 39 51 Coeur d'Alene War 1858 36 36 60 96Ray Hoard Glassley Pacific Northwest Indian Wars (Binford and Mort, 1953) 244. American Civil War: total 1861–1865 214,938 450,000~ 655,000~ 1,129,418+America's Wars , U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, November 20112.1% American Civil War: Union casualties 110,100 to 140,414 224,097 364,511 281,881 646,392DCAS Reports – Principal Wars, 1775–1991 , U.S. Department of Defense, May 2015 American Civil War: Confederate casualties 94,000 195,000+ 290,000+194,026483,026 Dakota War of 1862 1862 70–113 70–113 150 220–263Yenne pp. 95–99Jerry Keenan The Great Sioux Uprising(Da Capo Press)Alvin Josephy jr Civil War in the American West (Vintage Press 1993) Shimonoseki campaign 1863 4–5Long, Barbara. The Civil War Day by Day: An Almanac p. 386 0 4–5 6 10 Snake War 1864–1868 30 30 128 158CW. Cornell, Deadliest Indian War in the West: The Snake Conflict 1864–1868 (Caxton Press, 2007) American Indian Wars 1865–1898 919919~ 1,0251,944 Red Cloud's War 1866–1868 126 126 100 226Yenne pp. 117–24 United States expedition to Korea 1871 3 3 9 12Dispatch from Commodore John Rodgers to the Secretary of the Navy, Corea, June 23, 1871 Modoc War 1872–1873 56 56 88 144Yenne 151–56Rajtar 46–48 Great Sioux War 1875–1877 314 314 211 525Yenne pp. 175–211Rajtar pp. 88–91 Nez Perce War 1877 134 134 157 291Kurt Nelson, Fighting for Paradise: A Military History of the Pacific Northwest (Westholme, 2008) p. 277Yenne 239–44 Bannock War 1878 12 0 12 22 34Phil Konstantin, This Day in North American Indian History (Da Capo, 2002)Yenne 245–48 Ute War 1879 15 0 15 52 67Yenne p. 250 Sheepeater Indian War 1879 1 1 10 11 Samoan crisis 1887–1889 0 62 62 62Ryden, George Herbert. The Foreign Policy of the United States in Relation to Samoa. New York: Octagon Books, 1975. (Reprint by special arrangement with Yale University Press. Originally published at New Haven: Yale University Press, 1928. pg.449 Ghost Dance War 1890–1891 35 35 64 99Steve Rajtar, Indian War Sites (McFarland, 1999), pp. 230–32Yenne 286–94 Battle of Sugar Point 1898 7 0 7 16 23 Bill Yenne, Indian Wars: The Campaign for the American West. (Westholme Publishing, 2008) 296. Spanish–American War 1898 385 2,061 2,446 1,622 4,068 Philippine–American War and Moro Rebellion 1899–1913 1,020 3,176 4,196 2,930 7,126 Boxer Rebellion 1900–1901 68 63 131 204 335 Journal of the Military Service Institution of The United States Vol 38 p. 572 Santo Domingo Affair 1904 1 0 1 1 2 United States occupation of Nicaragua1912–1933 90 69 159 290 449Keith B Bickel Mars Learning: the Marine Corps development of small wars doctrine 1915–1940 (Westview Press) p. 119 Mexican Revolution 1914–1919 120 61 181 319 500 United States occupation of Haiti 1915–1934 10 138 148 26+ 184+Keith B Bickel Mars Learning: the Marine Corps development of small wars doctrine 1915–1940 (Westview Press) p. 91 United States occupation of the Dominican Republic 1916–1924 144 40 184 50 234Hans Schmidt, The United States Occupation of Haiti, 1915-1934 (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995), p. 103; and “Americans Killed in Action,” American War Library, http://www.americanwarlibrary.com/allwars.htm . Schmidt cites 146 Marine deaths in Haiti; and the American War Library cites 144 Marines killed in action in the Dominican Republic. World War I 1914–1918 53,402 63,114 116,516 204,002 320,518 3,3500.11% North Russia intervention: total 1918–1920 424 424Hudson, Miles (2004). Intervention in Russia 1918–1920: A Cautionary Tale. Pen and Sword. . North Russia intervention: American Expeditionary Force, Siberia casualties 1918–1920 160 168 328 52+ 380+ Warlord Era Chinese Civil War 1918; 1921; 1926–1927; 1930; 1937 5 0 5 78 83 World War II 1939–1945 291,557 113,842 405,399 670,846 1,076,245 72,491See Note DA below 0.39% Greek Civil War 1944–1949 1 5 6 6 Chinese Civil War 1945–1950 14 150 164 51 215 Berlin Blockade 1948–1949 31 31 31 Korean War 1950–1953 33,686 2,835 36,574 103,284 139,858 7,564See Note E below Cold War with the Soviet Union 1947–1991 32 32 12 44 126 Cold War with China 1950–1972 16 16 16 Vietnam War 1955–1975 47,434 10,786 58,220 153,303 211,454 1,584page 7 of (generated from the Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File of the Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) Extract Files (as of April 29, 2008)) 1958 Lebanon crisis 1958 1 5 6 1+ 7+Beirut 1958: How America's Wars in the Middle East Began, Bruce Riedel, Brookings Institution Press, Oct 29, 2019: "Sergeant James R. Nettles was shot by a sniper on August 2, 1958." Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961 5 20 , "Congressional Bill amending title 36. January 3, 2019." 25 , "Biography of Nels Benson, killed during training of Cuban rebels for the Bay of Pigs Invasion – CIA. 25John Padros, Safe For Democracy:The Secret Wars of the CIA(Ivan R Lee Publishers Chicago 2006) p. 263 Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 1 19 20 20 Dominican Civil War 1965–1966 27 20 47 283 330Richard K Kolb, Cold War Clashes: Confronting Communism, 1945–1991 (VFW Publications, Kansas City MO, 2004) p. 129Operation Power Pack Korean DMZ Conflict 1966–1969 75 6 81 120 201 USS Liberty incident 1967 34 0 34 171 205 Mayaguez incident 1975 38 3 41 50 91 Operation Eagle Claw 1980 0 8 8 4 12 Peter Huchthausen, America's Splendid Little Wars p. 37 Salvadoran Civil War 1980–1992 22 15 37 35 72Bradley Graham, Medals Granted After Acknowledgement of US Role in El Salvador, Washington Post; 5/6/1996 1AMiami Herald Copter Crash kills 5 near San Salvador, 2/26/1991. 4ATed Gup Star Agents: The anonymous stars in the CIA Book of Honor, Washington Post; 9/7/1997 WO6Army Air Crews Line of Duty Deaths http://www.armyaircrews.com/ 1982 Lebanon War 1982–1984 256 10 266 169 435Table 13, Worldwide U.S. Active Duty Military Deaths, Selected Military Operations, , SAID, U.S. Department of Defense Operation Earnest Will 1987–1988 39 0 39 31 100 United States invasion of Grenada 1983 18 1 19 119138 1986 United States bombing of Libya 1986 2 0 2 0 2 Peter Huchthausen, America's Splendid Little Wars: A Short History of U.S. Military Engagements 1975–2000. (Viking Press, 2003) p. 96. United States invasion of Panama 1989 23 23 324 347 Gulf War 1990–1991 149 145 294 849 1,143 2Initials may offer clue to missing Gulf War pilot Note: ID and found August 2009 Operation Provide Comfort 1991–1996 1 18 19 4 23 Operation Restore Hope 1992–1993 29 14 43 153 196 Operation Uphold Democracy 1994–1995 13 4 37 Colombian conflict 1994–present 0 8 8 8 Bosnian War 1992–1995 1 11 12 12 Kosovo War 1999 0 2 213 0 War in Afghanistan 2001–2021 1,910 415 2,325 20,093 22,311 Iraq War 2003–2011 3,519 973 4,492 32,222 36,710 3 Operation Inherent Resolve 2014–2026 23 97 120 496 616 --> Raid on Yakla 2017 1 1 3 4 2026 United States intervention in Venezuela 2026 0 0 0 7 7 2026 Iran war 202610919624643 Total 1775–2026 666,447+ 673,931+ 1,308,468+ 1,452,040+ 2,852,901+ 40,031+

Wars ranked by U.S. battle deaths The following is a list of wars caught by number of U.S. battle deaths suffered by military forces; deaths from disease and other non-battle causes are not included. Although the Confederate States of America did not consider itself part of the United States, and its forces were not part of the U.S. Army, its battle deaths are included with the losses of the Union (American Civil War).

Rank War Years Deaths 1 World War II 1941–1945 291,557 2 American Civil War 1861–1865 214,938 3 World War I 1917–1918 53,402 4 Vietnam War 1955–1975 47,434 5 Korean War 1950–1953 33,686 6 American Revolutionary War 1775–1783 6,800 7 Iraq War 2003–2011 4,424 8 War of 1812 1812–1815 2,260 9 War in Afghanistan 2001–2021 1,833 10 Mexican–American War 1846–1848 1,733 11 Gulf War 1990–1991 288

Wars ranked by total number of U.S. military deaths

Rank War Years Deaths Deaths per day U.S. population in first year of war Deaths as percentage of population 1 American Civil War 1861–1865 655,000 (est.)(U.S./Confederate) 449 31,443,000 2.11% (1860) 2 World War II 1941–1945 405,399 297 133,402,000 0.307% (1940) 3 World War I 1917–1918 116,516 200 103,268,000 0.110% (1920) 4 Vietnam War 1961–1975 58,209 11 179,323,175 0.032% (1970) 5 Korean War 1950–1953 36,574 30 151,325,000 0.024% (1950) 6 American Revolutionary War 1775–1783 25,000 11 2,500,000 1.00% (1780) 7 War of 1812 1812–1815 15,000 15 8,000,000 0.207% (1810) 8 Mexican–American War 1846–1848 13,283 29 21,406,000 0.057% (1850) 9 Iraq War 2003–2011 4,576 2 294,043,000 0.002% (2010) 10 Philippine–American War 1899–1902 4,196 3.8 72,129,001 0.006% (1900) 11 War in Afghanistan 2001–2021 2,432 0.3 294,043,000 0.001% (2010) 12 Spanish–American War 1898 2,246 9.6 62,022,250 0.004% (1890)

"Deaths per day" is the total number of Americans killed in military service, divided by the number of days between the commencement and end of hostilities. "Deaths per population" is the total number of deaths in military service, divided by the U.S. population of the year indicated.

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