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History Of Sacrifice
Numbers of Americans Killed/Wounded In Action

NGL realizes many incidents and conflicts have not been included on this Web site. We apologize for this and a great deal of effort will be put into including more in the near future.

 Years
Location
Killed
Wounded 
       
1775-1783 (1)
Revolutionary War
25324
8445
1789
Indian Wars
6125
2156
1798-1800
Franco-American 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-American War
13283
32
1855
Fiji
1
2
1859-1860
Texas Border Cortina War
5
18
1861-1865 (2)
Civil War, North
363020
281104
1861-1865 (2)
Civil War, South
199110
137102
1863
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
1914-1918 World War I
116708
204002
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
408306
670846
1945-1947
Italy Trieste
6
14
1945-1947
China Civil War
12
42
1950-1953
Korean War
54246
103284
1954
Matsu and Quemoy
3
0
1958-1984
Lebanon
268
169
1961-1975 (3) Vietnam War
58219
153356
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
(5)
2000
Yemen, USS Cole
17
(5)
2001
September 11th Attacks
2974
(5)
2003-2010 Operation Iraqi Freedom

       4432

        32012

2001-Present Operation Enduring Freedom

 1484

 10313

(1) Includes Indian scouts, private militia, civilians fighting with Army or Navy
(2) Adjusted for post war-related deaths
(3) To be adusted yearly with post-combat deaths
(4) 3 combat, 148 terrorist casualties
(5) Data not available

Source: Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Magazine