United States military casualties of war

Overview

War or Conflict	Date	Total U.S. Deaths			Wounded	Total U.S. Dead & Wounded	Missing	Sources & Notes
		Combat	Other	Total
American Revolutionary War	1775–1783	8,000		25,000	25,000	50,000
Northwest Indian War	1785–1796	1,056+		1,056+	825+	1,881+		[1][2][3]
Quasi-War	1798–1800	20	494[4]	514	42	556		[4][5]
First Barbary War	1801–1805	35	39	74	64	138		[6][7][8][9]
Other actions against pirates	1800–1900	36	158+[10]	194+	100+	294+		[5][11][12][b]
Chesapeake–Leopard Affair	1807	3	0	3	18	21		[5]
War of 1812	1812–1815	2,260	12,740~	15,000~	4,505	20,000~		[13]
Marquesas Expedition	1813–1814	4		4	3	7		[7]
Second Barbary War	1815	4	134[14]		10	148		[15]
First Seminole War	1817–1818	47		47	36	83		[16]
First Sumatran Expedition	1832	2		2	11	13		[5]
Black Hawk War	1832	47	258[17][18]	305	85	390		[19]
Second Seminole War	1835–1842	328	1,207	1,535				[20]
Mexican–American War	1846–1848	1,733	11,550	13,283	4,152	17,435		[21]
Cayuse War	1847-1856	40	1	41	74	115		[22]
Rogue River Wars	1851-1856	190	6	196	293	489		[23]
Yakima War	1855-1856	32	2	34	92	126		[24]
Third Seminole War	1855–1858	26		26	27	53		[25]
Coeur d'Alene War	1858	36		36	60	96		[26]
Civil War: total	1861–1865	214,938	400K-500K	750,000~[27]				[c][28]
Union		110,000[29]- 140,414	224,097	364,511	281,881	646,392
Confederate		74,524-94,000[30]	225,000~	299,524~
Dakota War of 1862 (Little Crow's War)	1862	70–113		70–113	150	220–263		[31][32][33][34]
Shimonoseki Straits	1863	4–5[5][35]	0	4–5	6[5]	10		[5][35]
Snake Indian War	1864–1868	30		30	128	158		[24]
Indian Wars	1865–1898	919			1,025			[21]
Red Cloud's War	1866–1868	126		126	100	226		[36][37][38]
Korea (Shinmiyangyo)	1871	3		3	9	12		[39]
Modoc War	1872–1873	56		56	88	144		[40][41]
Great Sioux War	1875–1877	314		314	211	525		[42][43]
Nez Perce War	1877	134		134	157	291		[44][45]
Bannock War	1878	12	0	12	22	34		[46][47]
Ute War	1879	15	0	15	52	67		[46][48]
Sheepeater Indian War	1879	1		1	10	11		[46]
Samoan crisis	1887-1889	0	62	62		62		[49]
Ghost Dance War	1890–1891	35		35	64	99		[50][51]
Sugar Point Pillager Band of Chippewa Indians	1898	7	0	7	16	23	0	[52]
Spanish–American War	1898	385	2,061	2,446	1,622	4,068		[21]
Philippine–American War	1898–1913	1,020	3,176	4,196	2,930	7,126		[21]
Boxer Rebellion	1900–1901	68	63	131	204	335	0	[53]
Santo Domingo Affair	1904	1	0	1	2	3		[5]
United States occupation of Nicaragua	1910, 1912-1925, 1927-1933	90	69	159	290	449		[54][55]>[56]
Mexican Revolution	1914–1919	120	61	181	319	500		[57]
Occupation of Haiti	1915–1934	10	138	148	26+	184+		[5][58]
World War I	1917–1918	53,402	63,114	116,516	204,002	320,518	3,350	[21][d]
North Russia Campaign	1918–1920			424				[59]
American Expeditionary Force Siberia	1918–1920	160	168	328	52+	380+		[60]
China	1918; 1921; 1926–1927; 1930; 1937	5			78	83		[54]
World War II	1941–1945	291,557	113,842	405,399	670,846	1,076,245	30,314	[21]See Note DA below
Greek Civil War	1944-1949	1	5	6		6		[61]
Chinese Civil War	1945–1950	14	150	164	51	215		[61]
Berlin Blockade	1948–1949		31					[62]
Korean War	1950–1953	33,686	2,830	36,516	92,134	128,650	4,759	Note: 4,759 MIA-See Note E below
U.S.S.R. Cold War	1947–1991	32			12	44		[54]
China Cold War	1950–1972	16				16		[54]
Vietnam War	1955–1975	47,424	10,785	58,209	153,303	211,454	2,489[63]	[21][64]Note as of 20 February 2014 Vietnam MIA Are 1,643[65]
1958 Lebanon crisis	1958	1[66]	5[66][67]	6	1+[68]	7+		[69]
Bay of Pigs Invasion	1961	4		4		4		[70]
Dominican Republic	1965–1966	27	20	47	283	330		[54][61][71]
USS Liberty incident	1967	34			171
Iran	1980	0	8	8	4	12	0	[72]
El Salvador Civil War	1980–1992	22	15	37	35			[73][74][75][76]
Beirut deployment	1982–1984	256		266	169			[77]
Persian Gulf escorts	1987–1988	39	0	39	31
Invasion of Grenada	1983	18	1	19	119			[77]
1986 Bombing of Libya	1986	2	0	2	0	2		[78]
Invasion of Panama	1989	23		40	324			[77]
Gulf War	1990–1991	149	145	294	849	1,143	0[79]	[80]
Operation Provide Comfort	1991-1996	1	18	19	4	23		[81][82]
Somalia	1992–1993	29	14	43	153			[77]
Haiti	1994–1995	1		4	3			[77]
Colombia	1994–present	0	8[83][84]	8				[85]
Bosnia-Herzegovina	1995–2004	7	5	12	6			[86]
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia	1999	1	19	20	2+	22+	0	[87]
Afghanistan War	2001–present	1,742	471	2,229	18,675	20,904	0	[f][88][89]
Iraq War	2003–2011	3,527	961	4,488	32,222	36,710	2	[88]
War on Terror: Afghanistan and Iraq Wars total	2001–present	5,281	1,432	6,717	50,897	57,614	2	[90]
Operation Inherent Resolve	2014-		2			2	1	[91]
Grand Total	1775–present	848,163	433,162	1,321,612	1,531,036	2,717,993	38,160

Wars ranked by total number of U.S. military deaths

Rank	War	Years	Deaths	Deaths per Day	US Population in First Year of War	Deaths per Population
1	American Civil War	1861–1865	625,000	420	31,443,000	1.988% (1860)
2	World War II	1941–1945	405,399	297	133,402,000	0.307% (1940)
3	World War I	1917–1918	116,516	279	103,268,000	0.110% (1920)
4	Vietnam War	1961–1975	58,209	11	179,323,175 (1960)	0.030% (1970)
5	Korean War	1950–1953	36,516	45	151,325,000	0.020% (1950)
6	American Revolutionary War	1775–1783	25,000	11	2,500,000	0.899% (1780)
7	War of 1812	1812–1815	15,000	15	8,000,000	0.207% (1810)
8	Mexican–American War	1846–1848	13,283	29	21,406,000	0.057% (1850)
9	War on Terror	2001–present	6,717	1.57	294,043,000	0.002% (2010)
10	Philippine–American War	1899–1902	4,196	3.8	72,129,001	0.006% (1900)

"Deaths per day" is the total number of U.S. military killed, divided by the number of days between the dates of the commencement and end of hostilities. "Deaths per population" is the total number of U.S. military deaths, divided by the U.S. population of the year indicated.

Total American Deaths by War
American Civil War			625,000
World War II			405,399
World War I			116,516
Vietnam			58,151
Korean War			36,516
American Revolutionary War			25,000
War of 1812			15,000
Mexican American War			13,283
War on terror* present			6,717
Philippine–American War			4,196

Wars ranked by U.S. combat deaths

Rank	War	Years	Deaths
1	World War II	1941–1945	291,557
2	American Civil War	1861–1865	212,938
3	World War I	1917–1918	53,402
4	Vietnam War	1955–1975	47,424
5	Korean War	1950–1953	33,746
6	American Revolutionary War	1775–1783	8,000
7	War on Terror	2001–present	5,281 [92]
8	War of 1812	1812–1815	2,260
9	Mexican–American War	1846–1848	1,733
10	Northwest Indian War	1785–1795	1,221+

American Combat Deaths by War
World War II			291,557
American Civil War			212,938
World War I			53,402
Vietnam			47,424
Korean War			33,746
American Revolutionary War			8,000
War on terror*			5,281
War of 1812			2,260
Mexican American War			1,733
Northwest Indian War			1,221+

Notes