Statistics
Years |
Location |
Killed |
Wounded |
Dollar Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1775-1783 (1) | Revolutionary War | 25324 | 8445 | -- |
| 1789 | Indian Wars | 6125 | 2156 | -- |
| 1798-1800 | Franco-Amer Naval War | 20 | 42 | -- |
| 1801-1815 | Barbary Wars | 35 | 64 | -- |
| 1812-1815 | War of 1812 | 2260 | 4505 | -- |
| 1814 | Marquesas Islands | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 1822-1825 | West Indies | 3 | 5 | -- |
| 1832 | Sumatra | 2 | 11 | -- |
| 1835-1836 | Texas War Of Independence | 704 | 138 | -- |
| 1846-1848 | Mexican War | 13283 | 32 | -- |
| 1855 | Fiji | 1 | 2 | -- |
| 1859-1860 | Texas Border Cortina War | 5 | 18 | -- |
| 1861-1865 (2) | Civil War, North | 363,020 | 281,104 | -- |
| 1861-1865 (2) | Civil War, South | 199110 | 137102 | -- |
| 1853 | Japan | 5 | 6 | -- |
| 1867 | Formosa | 1 | 0 | -- |
| 1870 | Mexico | 1 | 4 | -- |
| 1871 | Korea | 4 | 10 | -- |
| 1898 | Spanish American War | 2893 | 1637 | -- |
| 1899-1902 | Philippines War | 4273 | 2840 | -- |
| 1899 | Samoa | 4 | 5 | -- |
| 1900 | China Boxer Rebellion | 53 | 253 | -- |
| 1902-1913 | Moro Campaigns | 130 | 300 | -- |
| 1904 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | -- |
| 1911-1919 | Mexico | 19 | 69 | -- |
| 1912 | Nicaragua | 5 | 16 | -- |
| 1915-1920 | Haiti | 146 | 26 | -- |
| 1916-1922 | Dominican Republic | 144 | 50 | -- |
| 1917-1918 | World War I | 116708 | 204002 | $33 bil |
| 1918-1919 | Russia North Expedition | 246 | 307 | -- |
| 1918-1920 | Russia Siberia Expedition | 170 | 52 | -- |
| 1921-1941 | China Yangtze Service | 5 | 80 | -- |
| 1927-1932 | Nicaragua | 136 | 66 | -- |
| 1941 | North Atlantic Naval War | 141 | 44 | -- |
| 1941 | Pearl Harbor | 2388 | -- | -- |
| 1941-1945 | World War II | 408306 | 670846 | $360 bil |
| 1941-1945 | Numbers are estimates ----- Army 256,267 ----- Army AF 53,007 ----- Merch Mar 9,300 ----- Navy 34,607 ----- Mar Corps 17,376 to 19,733 ----- | |||
| 1942, Jun through Aug | Aleutian Campaign | US 549; Japan 2352 | US 1148 combat; 2100 weather | -- |
| 1945, Apr through Jun | Okinawa | US Navy 5,000 USMC/Army 8,000 Japan 107,539 Civilians 142,058 | US 38,000 | -- |
| 1945, Feb 19 through Mar 16 | Iwo Jima | USMC 6,891 Japan 19,788 Civilians -- | US 18,070 | -- |
| 1942, Jun 3/7 | Midway | 307 | -- | -- |
| 06 Jun 1944 | D-Day | Allied WIA 7900 (approx) Allied KIA British KIA/WIA Canadian KIA/WIA United States | -- | -- |
| 1945 | Iwo Jima | 6503 | -- | -- |
| 1945-1947 | Italy Trieste | 6 | 14 | -- |
| 1945-1947 | China Civil War | 12 | 42 | -- |
| 1950 | Inchon | 670 | -- | -- |
| 1950-1953 | Korean War | 54246 | 103284 | $50 bil |
| 1954 | Matsu and Quemoy | 3 | 0 | -- |
| 1957-1975 | Vietnam War | 58219 (4) | 153356 | $111 bil |
| 1958-1984 | Lebanon | 268 | 169 | -- |
| 1962 | Cuba | 9 | 0 | -- |
| 1964 | Panama Canal Riots | 4 | 85 | -- |
| 1965-1966 | Dominican Republic | 59 | 174 | -- |
| 1966-1969 | South Korea | 89 | 131 | -- |
| 1967 | Israel Attack/USS Liberty | 34 | 171 | -- |
| 1968 | Tet (Vietnam) | 7040 | 0 | -- |
| 1980 | Iran Operation Desert One | 8 | 0 | -- |
| 1980-1991 | Terrorism | 28 | 0 | -- |
| 1983 | Grenada | 19 | 100 | $76 mil |
| 1983 23 Oct | Beirut Lebanon | 241 | -- | -- |
| 1983-1991 | El Salvador | 20 | 0 | -- |
| 1984-1989 | Honduras | 1 | 28 | -- |
| 1986 | Libya | 2 | 0 | -- |
| 1987 (3) | Persian Gulf | 148 | 467 | -- |
| 1989-1990 | Panama | 40 | 240 | $163 mil |
| 1990-1991 | Persian Gulf, Op Desert Shield/Storm | 363 | 357 | $61 bil |
| 1991-1992 | Somalia, Op Restore Hope | 8 | -- | $.52 bil |
| 1993, Feb 26 | Terrorism, World Trade Center | 6 | 1000+ | - |
| 1995 | Terrorism Oklahoma City | 168 | 400+ | -- |
| 1995, Nov 13 | Terrorism Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 7 | 42 | -- |
| 1995-2000 | Terrorism | 77 | -- | -- |
| 1996, Jun 25 | Terroism Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia | 19 | 500 | -- |
| 2000 | Yemen, USS Cole | 17 | 651 | -- |
| 2001, Sept 11 | Flight 93 | 44 | -- | -- |
| 2001, Sept 11 | World Trade Center | 2,974 Total 19 Hijackers 2,603 New York City 125 Pentagon 24 Missing All civilians except 55 military 1,366 at or above floors attacked 600 killed instantly 200 jumped to deaths 341 firefighters 2 paramedics 23 police officers 37 Port Authority | -- | -- |
| Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan Theater | Total to date, 2012 | 2,114 | -- | -- |
| 2003-2012 | Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq 4,452 | COMBAT/ATTACKS United States 4486 Australia 2 Britain (UK) 179 Bulgaria 13 Denmark 7 El Salvador 5 Estonia 2 Georgia 3 Hungary 1 Italy 33 Latvia 3 Netherlands 3 Poland 21 Romania 3 Slovakia 4 Spain 12 Thailand 2 Ukraine 18 POW 7 Other Iraq War Casualty Resources:
| US: 11,413 [f1] |
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- (1) Includes Indian scouts, private militia, civiilians fighting with Army or Navy
- (2) Adjusted for post war related deaths
- (3) 3 combat, 148 terrorist casualties
- (4) To be adusted yearly with post-combat deaths
- [f1] 13 were victims of fragging incident, 23 Mar 2003, 101st Abn Div, 'Camp Pennsylvania', Kuwait
Cost of Wars
Figures are from the Congressional Research Service, courtesy of The Washington Post, 10 Sept 2003":
American Revolution: $3.2 billion.
War of 1812: $1 billion.
Mexican War: $1.8 billion.
Civil War: $50 billion Union, $21.8 billion Confederacy.
Spanish-American War: $6.5 billion.
World War I: $588 billion.
World War II: $4.8 trillion.
Korean War: $408 billion.
Vietnam War: $584 billion.
Persian Gulf War of 1991: $82 billion. Contributions from U.S. allies ended up covering more than 90 percent of this war's costs.
Operation Iraqi Freedom: $197 billion, as of March 2006.