| The Price Of Freedom | ||||||||
| Military deaths only. Merchant Marine, Civilian, etc are NOT included. | ||||||||
| These are also only American deaths--not those of our allies and enemies. | ||||||||
| Remember that millions of civilians died of starvation, exposure, or disease. | ||||||||
| Years | Location | Killed | Wounded | |||||
| Revolutionary War | 25,324 | 8,445 | ||||||
| 1789 | Indian Wars | 6,125 | 2,156 | |||||
| 1798-1800 | Franco-American Naval War | 20 | 42 | |||||
| 1801-1815 | Barbary Wars | 35 | 64 | |||||
| 1812-1815 | War of 1812 | 2,260 | 4,505 | |||||
| 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-American War | 13,283 | 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 | 199,110 | 137,102 | |||||
| 1863 | Japan | 5 | 6 | |||||
| 1867 | Formosa | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1870 | Mexico | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 1871 | Korea | 4 | 10 | |||||
| 1898 | Spanish-American War | 2,893 | 1,637 | |||||
| 1899-1902 | Philippines War | 4,273 | 2,840 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 1914-1918 | World War I | 116,708 | 204,002 | |||||
| 1915-1920 | Haiti | 146 | 26 | |||||
| 1916-1922 | Dominican Republic | 144 | 50 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 1941-1945 | World War II | 408,306 | 670,846 | |||||
| 1945-1947 | Italy Trieste | 6 | 14 | |||||
| 1945-1947 | China Civil War | 12 | 42 | |||||
| 1950-1953 | Korean War | 54,246 | 103,284 | |||||
| 1954 | Matsu and Quemoy | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 1958-1984 | Lebanon | 268 | 169 | |||||
| 1961-1975 (3) | Vietnam War | 58,219 | 153,356 | |||||
| 1962 | Cuba | 9 | 0 | |||||
| 1964 | Panama Canal Riots | 4 | 85 | |||||
| 1965-1966 | Dominican Republic | 59 | 174 | |||||
| 1966-1969 | South Korea | 89 | 131 | |||||
| 1967 | USS Liberty | 34 | 171 | |||||
| 1980 | Iran | 8 | 0 | |||||
| 1980-1991 | Terrorism | 28 | 0 | |||||
| 1983 | Grenada | 19 | 100 | |||||
| 1983-1991 | El Salvador | 20 | 0 | |||||
| 1984-1989 | Honduras | 1 | 28 | |||||
| 1986 | Libya | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 1987 (4) | Persian Gulf | 148 | 467 | |||||
| 1989-1990 | Panama | 23 | 240 | |||||
| 1990-1991 | Persian Gulf, Op Desert Shield/Storm | 363 | 357 | |||||
| 1992-1994 | Somalia, Op Restore Hope | 44 | (note 5) | |||||
| 2000 | Yemen, USS Cole | 17 | (note 5) | |||||
| Totals: | 1,256,909 | 1,572,856 | ||||||
| Not Listed: | Victims of terrorism (Khobar Towers, African embassies, etc) or current operations. | |||||||
| Notes: | ||||||||
| (1) Includes Indian scouts, private militia, civilians fighting with Army or Navy | ||||||||
| (2) Adjusted for post war-related deaths | (4) To be adusted yearly with post-combat deaths | |||||||
| (3) 3 combat, 148 terrorist casualties | (5) Data not available | |||||||
| Source: Rememberence National Monument (http://www.remember.gov/ ) and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Magazine. | ||||||||