VETS TRIBUTE

 Our Fallen Heroes

Casualties in Principal Wars of the U.S.
 
DEATHS
WOUNDED
  
MIAs
Conflict
Battle
Other
TOTAL
  
TOTAL
  
Revolutionary War
4,435
  
4,435
6,188
10,623
  
War of 1812
2,260
  
2,260
4,505
6,765
  
Mexican War
1,733
11,550
13,283
4,152
17,435
  
Civil War
            
Union
140,415
224,097
364,512
281,881
646,393
  
Confederate
74,524
59,297
133,821
  
133,821
  
Spanish-American
385
2,061
2,446
1,662
4,108
  
World War I
53,513
63,195
116,708
204,002
320,710
  
World War II
292,131
115,185
407,316
671,846
1,079,162
  
Korean War
33,667
3,249
36,916
103,284
140,200
4,759
Vietnam War
47,393
10,800
58,193
153,363
211,556
2,489
Persian Gulf War
148
235
383
467
850
  
NOTE ABOVE DATA: SOURCE: The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000, p. 217
[Listed Source: U.S. Dept. of Defense, U.S. Coast Guard]
             
War on Terror
4628
1244
5,872
41221
47093
3
Afghanistan
1081
332
1,413
9971
11384
1
Iraq War
3510
920
4,430
31965
36395
2

To honor our fallen heroes there are within our nation 131 National Cemeteries in 39 States. In addition to these there are around the world known fallen heroes in the following American Cemeteries and Memorials:

1851 Mexican War- 750 Honored Dead
Mexico City, Mexico 750

World War I, “The War to End All Wars” – 26,788 Honored Dead & 1215 MIAs

Brookwood, England 468
Flanders Field, Belgium 368
Meuse-Argonne, France 14,246
Oise-Aisne, France 6012 Plus a monument for 241 MIAs
St. Mihiel, France 4153
Suresnes, France 1541 plus Tablets for 974 MIAs

World War II, “The Greatest Generation”- 94,538 Honored Dead & 1722 MIAs

Aisne-Marne, France 2289
Ardennes, France 5329
St. James, France 4410
Cambridge, England 3812
Epinal, France 5255
Florence, Italy 4402
Henri-Chapelle, Belgium 7992
Lorraine, France 10,489
Luxembourg, Luxembourg 5076
Manilla, Philippines 17,206
Netherlands, Netherlands 8301 plus Tablets for the Missing 1722
Normandy, France 9387
Rhone, France 861
Sicily-Rome, Italy 7861
Somme, France 1844
Suresnes, France 24