America's Wars and Casualties
American Revolution, 1775 to 1784
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 290,000 | 4,000 | 0 |
| Last Veteran: Daniel F. Bakeman, died 4/5/1869, age 109 |
War of 1812, 1812 to 1815
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 287,000 | 2,000 | 0 |
| Last Veteran: Hiram Cronk, died 5/13/05, age 105 |
Indian Wars, approx. 1817 to 1898
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 106,000 | 1,000 | 0 |
| Last Veteran: Fredrak Fraske, died 6/18/73, age 101 |
Mexican War, 1846 to 1848
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 79,000 | 13,000 | 0 |
| Last Veteran: Owen Thomas Edgar, died 9/3/29, age 98 |
Civil War, 1861 to 1865
| Union Participants |
Union Deaths in Service |
Union Living Veterans |
| 2,213,000 | 364,000 | 0 |
| Confederate Participants* |
Confederate Deaths in Service* |
Confederate Living Veterans |
| 1,000,000 | 133,821 | 0 |
| Last Union Veteran: Albert Woolson, died 8/2/56, age 109 |
| Last Confederate Veteran: Disputed.* Learn more... |
Spanish-American War, 1898 to 1902
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 392,000 | 11,000 | 0 |
| Last Veteran: Nathan E. Cook, died 9/10/92, age 106 |
World War I, 1917 to 1918
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 4,744,000 | 116,000 | Fewer than 25 |
| Living Veterans does not include World War I veterans with military service in other eras. |
World War II, 1940 to 1947
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 16,535,000 | 406,000 | 3,242,000 |
Korean Conflict, 1950 to 1955
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 6,807,000 | 55,000 | 3,086,400 |
Vietnam Era, 1964 to 1975
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 9,200,000 | 109,000 | 7,286,500 |
Gulf War Era, 1990 to 8/2001
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans |
| 3,800,000 | 9,000 | 1,852,000 |
War on Terror, 9/2001 to TBD
| Participants (as of 9/2009) |
Deaths in Service (as of 3/2010) |
| 1,471,008 | 5,376 |
America's Wars Total
| Participants |
Deaths in Service |
Living Veterans | Living Ex-Servicemembers |
| 41,891,368 | 1,190,109 | 23,442,000 | 17,456,000 |
Sources: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (July 1998), American Community Survey (2008) and InfoPlease
* Authoritative statistics for Confederate Forces are not available. An estimated 28,000 Confederate soldiers died in Union prisons. In the VA press release, the last Confederate veteran is listed as John Salling.
Note: Figures on the number of living veterans reflect final 1990 Census data and include only veterans living in the United States. Details may not add to total due to rounding. |
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