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Many Americans take the many freedoms that we enjoy, for granted.  We believe that we are "entitled".

I am posting the following without any comments. I hope it will always remind us what price others have paid for our freedom.


AMERICA'S WARS - United States Casualties

American Revolution (1775–1783)  
Battle deaths.........................................4,435
Non-mortal woundings............................6,188


War of 1812 (1812–1815)
Battle deaths'..........................................2,260
Non-mortal woundings..............................4,505


Indian Wars (approx. 1817–1898)
Battle deaths estimate ..............................1,000


Mexican War (1846–1848)
Battle deaths.............................................1,733
Other deaths in service (non-theater)..........11,550
Non-mortal woundings.................................4,152


Civil War (1861–1865)
Battle deaths (Union)........................................140,414
Other deaths in service (non-theater) (Union).......224,097
Non-mortal woundings (Union)............................281,881

Battle deaths (Confederacy).................................74,524
Other deaths in service (non-theater) (Conf.)...........59,297
Does not include those who died in Union prisons ..26,000–31,000
Non-mortal woundings (Confederate.)                   unknown


Spanish-American War (1898–1902)
Battle deaths ...........................................385
Other deaths in service (nontheater)..........2,061
Non=mortal woundings ...........................1,662


World War I (1917–1918)
Battle deaths.........................................53,402
Other deaths in service (nontheater).........63,114
Non-mortal woundings...........................204,002


World War II (1940–1945
Battle deaths.......................................,291,557
Other deaths in service (non-theater).......113,842
Non-mortal woundings,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..,671,846


Korean War (1950–1953)
Battle deaths ............................................33,741
Other deaths in service (theater)....................2,833
Other deaths in service (non-theater)............17,672
Non-mortal woundings...............................103,284


Vietnam War (1964–1975)
Battle deaths .............................................47,424
Other deaths in service (theater)...................10,785
Other deaths in service (non-theater).............32,000
Nonmortal woundings.................................153,303


Gulf War (1990–1991)
Battle deaths...................................................147
Other deaths in service (theater)........................382
Other deaths in service (non-theater)...............1,565
Non-mortal woundings ......................................467


AMERICA'S WARS TOTAL
Battle deaths............................................653,708
Other deaths in service (theater)...................14,560
Other deaths in service (non-theater)............525,930

Not included in the above totals.

Lebanon - Aug. 1982–Feb. 1984.................254
Grenada - Oct.–Nov. 1983............................18
Libya -    April 10–16, 1986............................2
Panama - Dec. 1989–Jan. 1990.....................23
Persian Gulf.-.Jan.16–April 6, 1991................47
Somalia - Dec. 1992–May 1993.....................29
Haiti - Sept. 1994–April 1996...........................4
Former Yugoslavia -1992–2001........................9
Kosovo     March–June 1999............................2
Afghanistan - Oct. 2001–(2)..........................582
Iraq     March 20, 2003– (3)........................4,146

2. A total of 582 Americans have been killed, including 190 noncombat deaths (Aug. 28,  2008). 1,754 have been wounded (Nov. 3, 2007). “Operation Enduring Freedom” deaths cover other Asian regions as well as Afghanistan.

3. A total of 4,152 Americans have been killed, including 768 non-combat deaths (Aug. 28, 2008). 30,568 were wounded (Aug. 28, 2008). Coalition deaths: Britain, 176; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 23; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, 7; Slovakia, 4; El Salvador, 5; Latvia, 3; Thailand, 2; Estonia, 2; The Netherlands, 2; Australia, 2; Romania, 3; Hungary, Kazakhstan, 1 each (Aug. 28, 2008).
Source: U.S. Dept. of Defense, AP, Washington Post.