War/Conflict Branch of Service Number Serving Total Deaths Battle Deaths Other Deaths Wounds Not Mortal
Revolutionary War 1775 – 1783 Total – 4435 4435 – 6188
Army – 4044 4044 – 6004
Navy – 342 342 – 114
Marines – 49 49 – 70
War of 1812 Total 286730 2260 2260 – 4505
Army – 1950 1950 – 4000
Navy – 265 265 – 439
Marines – 45 45 – 66
Mexican War 1846 – 1848 Total 78718 13283 1733 11550 4152
Army – 13271 1721 11550 4102
Navy – 1 1 – 3
Marines – 11 11 – 47
Civil War 1861 – 1865 Total 2213363 364511 140414 224097 281881
(Union Forces Only) Army 2128948 359528 138154 221374 280040
Navy 84415 4523 2112 2411 1710
Marines 460 148 312 131
Spanish-American War Total 306760 2446 385 2061 1662
Army 280564 2430 369 2061 1594
Navy 22875 10 10 – 47
Marines 3321 6 6 – 21
World War I 1917 – 1918 Total 4734991 116516 53402 63114 204002
Army 4057101 106378 50510 55868 193663
Navy 599051 7287 431 6856 819
Marines 78839 2851 2461 390 9520
World War II 1941 – 1946 Total 16112566 405399 291557 113842 670846
Army 11260000 318274 234874 83400 565861
Navy 4183466 62614 36950 25664 37778
Marines 669100 24511 19733 4778 67207
Korean War 1950 – 1953 Total 5720000 36574 33739 2835 103284
Army 2834000 29856 27731 2125 77596
Navy 1177000 657 503 154 1576
Marines 424000 4509 4267 242 23744
Air Force 1285000 1552 1238 314 368
Vietnam War 1964 – 1973 Total 8744000 58220 47434 10786 Hospitalized 153,303
Army 4368000 38224 30963 7261 Hospitalized 96,802
Navy 1842000 2566 1631 935 Hospitalized 4,178
Marines 794000 14844 13095 1749 Hospitalized 51,392
Air Force 1740000 2586 1745 841 Hospitalized 931
Persian Gulf War 1990-1991 Total 2225000 382 147 235 467
Army 782000 224 98 126 354
Navy 669000 55 5 50 12
Marines 213000 68 24 44 92
Air Force 561000 35 20 15 9
Operation Casualty Type Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps Total
IRANIAN HOSTAGE RESCUE Non Hostile 0 0 5 3 8
0 0 0 0 0
Lebanon Peacekeeping Hostile 3 19 0 234 256
Non Hostile 5 2 0 2 9
TOTAL 8 21 0 236 265
Operation Urgent Fury, Grenada Hostile 11 4 0 3 18
Non Hostile 1 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 12 4 0 3 19
Operation Just Cause, Panama Hostile 18 4 0 1 23
Persian Gulf War, 1990 – 1991 0 0 0 0 0
DESERT SHIELD Non Hostile 21 36 9 18 84
DESERT STORM Hostile 98 6 20 24 148
Non Hostile 105 14 6 26 151
TOTAL 203 20 26 50 299
TOTAL 224 56 35 68 383
Operation Restore Hope Somalia, 1992 – 1994 Hostile 27 0 0 2 29
Non Hostile 4 0 8 2 14
TOTAL 31 0 8 4 43
Uphold Democracy, Haiti 1994 – 1996 Non Hostile 3 0 0 1 4