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American Deaths in Each War |
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Data from National Park Service internet web site |
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War |
Deaths |
% of Total American Deaths in Wars listed at left |
Year for Population Estimate |
Estimated Population |
Deaths/ |
| Revolutionary War |
4,435 |
0% |
1783 |
2,963,726 |
0.15% |
| War of 1812 |
2,260 |
0% |
1815 |
8,439,167 |
0.03% |
| Mexican War |
13,283 |
1% |
1848 |
21,966,171 |
0.06% |
| Civil War |
624,511 |
49% |
1865 |
35,000,846 |
1.78% |
| Spanish-American War |
2,446 |
0% |
1898 |
73,565,688 |
0.00% |
| World War 1 |
116,516 |
9% |
1918 |
103,262,929 |
0.11% |
| World War 2 |
405,399 |
32% |
1945 |
141,745,184 |
0.29% |
| Korean War |
36,516 |
3% |
1953 |
159,725,011 |
0.02% |
| Vietnam War |
58,152 |
5% |
1973 |
210,274,081 |
0.03% |
| TOTAL American deaths in wars listed above |
1,263,518 |
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casualties |
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| Gettysburg |
54,807 |
| Pearl Harbor |
4,498 |
| D-Day |
4,900 |