The Memorial
Casualties
KIA:
Killed in Action - WIA: Wounded in Action
"All gave some, some gave all."
The Viet Nam Women's Memorial
While the VMBL is a memorial to those that gave their all we must not forget nor ignore those that are seriously and grievously wounded, both physically and mentally. These veterans will live, without complaint, with serious disabilities for the rest of their lives. Help them and, most importantly, honor them.
The U.S. casualty
figures listed below are from reliable sources but, by their nature, are
not 100 percent accurate. They are presented so the reader can get some
sense of the sacrifices made over the years that enable us to enjoy our
freedoms today. Freedom is not free.
|
WAR
|
DATES
|
KIA
|
OTHER
DEATHS
|
WIA
|
TOTAL
CASUALTIES
|
|
American
Revolution
|
1775-1783
|
4,435
|
Unknown
|
6,188
|
10,623
Known
|
|
Indian
Wars
|
1783-1890
|
1,000
Known
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
1,000
Known
|
|
War
of 1812
|
1812-1815
|
2,260
|
Unknown
|
4,505
|
6,765
Known
|
|
Mexican
War
|
1846-1848
|
1,733
|
11,550
|
4,152
|
17,435
|
|
U.S.
Civil War
|
1861-1865
|
Union
140,414
C.S.A.
74,524
|
Union
249,458
C.S.A..
90,297
|
Union.
281,881
C.S.A.
251,937
|
Union
671,753
(est)
C.S.A.
335,524
(est)
|
|
Spanish-American
War
|
1898
|
385
|
2,061
|
1,662
|
4,108
|
|
Philippine-American
War
|
1899-1901
|
1,108
|
2,108
|
2,779
|
5,995
|
|
WW
I
|
1917-1918
|
53,513
|
63,195
|
204,002
|
320,710
|
|
WW
II
|
1941-1945
|
292,131
|
115,185
|
671,846
|
1,079,162
|
|
Korean
War
|
1950-1953
|
33,741
|
20,560
|
103,284
|
157,585
|
|
Vietnam
War
|
1964-1975
|
47,424
Known
|
42,785
Known
|
153,303
|
243,512
Known
|
|
Gulf
War
|
1991
|
148
|
1,947
|
467
|
2,562
|
|
Op.
Enduring Freedom
|
2001
to Present
(7Mar08)
|
481
|
N/A
|
1,867
|
2,348
|
|
Op.Iraqi
Freedom
|
Mar.
2003 to Present
(7Mar08) |
2,984
|
N/A
|
29,320
|
33,294
|
|
Haiti
Intervention
|
Mar.
04 to Present
(Aug. 07) |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
APPROX.
|
APPROX.
TOTALS
(to 7Mar08) |
657,271
|
599,146
|
1,717,184
|
2,973,601
|
SUPPORT LINKS:
Disabled American
Veterans: www.dav.org
Blue Star Mothers: www.bluestarmothers.org
Sentinels of Freedom: www.sentinelsoffreedom.org
Semper Fi Fund: www.semperfifund.org
Wounded Warriors: www.woundedwarriors.org
Fisher House: www.fisherhouse.org
Pillows for Soldiers: www.pillowsforsoldiers.com
"It
is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank
God that such men lived."
-- General George S. Patton, Jr.
