United States military casualties of war (Redirected from Relative costs of American wars)

The following is a tabulation of United States military casualties of war.

Overview

Note: "Total casualties" includes wounded, combat and non-combat deaths but not missing in action. "Deaths – other" includes all non-combat deaths including those from bombing, massacres, disease, suicide, and murder.

War or conflict Date Total U.S. deaths Wounded Total U.S. casualties
Missing Sources and notes Deaths as percentage of total population
Combat Other Total
American Revolutionary War 1775-1783 6,800 63,200 70,000 8,500+ 75,000+
Northwest Indian War 1785–1796 1,056+ 1,056+ 825+ 1,881+
Quasi-War 1798–1800 20 494 514 42 556
First Barbary War 1801–1805 35 39 74 64 138 : 25–27 
Other actions against pirates 1800–1900 36 158+: 42  194+ 100+ 294+
Chesapeake–Leopard affair 1807 3 0 3 18 21
War of 1812 1812–1815 2,260 12,740~ 15,000~ 4,505 20,000~ 0.21%
Nuku Hiva Campaign 1813–1814 5 0 5 11 16 : 34–38 
Creek War 1813–1814 575 575
Second Barbary War 1815 4 134 138~ 10 148
First Seminole War 1817–1818 47 0 47 36 83
First Sumatran expedition 1832 2 2 11 13
Black Hawk War 1832 47 258 305 85 390
Second Seminole War 1835–1842 328 1,207 1,535 1,535
Mexican–American War 1846–1848 1,733 11,550 13,283 4,152 17,435 0.06%
Cayuse War 1847–1856 40 1 41 74 115
Rogue River Wars 1851–1856 190 6 196 293 489
Yakima War 1855–1856 32 2 34 92 126
Third Seminole War 1855–1858 26 26 27 53
Second Opium War 1856–1860 12 12 39 51
Coeur d'Alene War 1858 36 36 60 96
American Civil War: total 1861–1865 214,938 450,000~ 655,000~ 2.1%
American Civil War: Union casualties 140,414 224,097 364,511 281,881 646,392
American Civil War: Confederate casualties 94,000 195,000+ 290,000+ 194,026 483,026
Dakota War of 1862 1862 70–113 70–113 150 220–263
Shimonoseki campaign 1863 4–5 0 4–5 6 10
Snake War 1864–1868 30 30 128 158
American Indian Wars 1865–1898 919 919~ 1,025 1,944
Red Cloud's War 1866–1868 126 126 100 226
United States expedition to Korea 1871 3 3 9 12
Modoc War 1872–1873 56 56 88 144
Great Sioux War 1875–1877 314 314 211 525
Nez Perce War 1877 134 134 157 291
Bannock War 1878 12 0 12 22 34
Ute War 1879 15 0 15 52 67
Sheepeater Indian War 1879 1 1 10 11
Samoan crisis 1887–1889 0 62 62 62
Ghost Dance War 1890–1891 35 35 64 99
Battle of Sugar Point 1898 7 0 7 16 23
Spanish–American War 1898 385 2,061 2,446 1,622 4,068
Philippine–American War 1898–1913 1,020 3,176 4,196 2,930 7,126
Boxer Rebellion 1900–1901 68 63 131 204 335
Santo Domingo Affair 1904 1 0 1 1 2
United States occupation of Nicaragua 1910, 1912–1925, 1927–1933 90 69 159 290 449
Mexican Revolution 1914–1919 120 61 181 319 500
United States occupation of Haiti 1915–1934 10 138 148 26+ 184+
World War I 1914–1918 53,402 63,114 116,516 204,002 320,518 3,350 0.11%
North Russia intervention: total 1918–1920 424 424
North Russia intervention: American Expeditionary Force, Siberia casualties 1918–1920 160 168 328 52+ 380+ : 228 
Warlord Era
Chinese Civil War
1918; 1921; 1926–1927; 1930; 1937 5 78 83
World War II 1939–1945 291,557 113,842 405,399 670,846 1,076,245 72,491 See Note DA below 0.39%
Greek Civil War 1944–1949 1 5 6 6
Chinese Civil War 1945–1950 14 150 164 51 215
Berlin Blockade 1948–1949 31 31 31
Korean War 1950–1953 33,686 2,830 36,516 92,134 128,650 7,564 See Note E below
Cold War with the Soviet Union 1947–1991 32 32 12 44 126
Cold War with China 1950–1972 16 16 16
Vietnam War 1955–1975 47,434 10,786 58,220 153,303 211,454 1,584
1958 Lebanon crisis 1958 1 5 6 1+ 7+
Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961 5 20 25 25
Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 1 19 20 20
Dominican Civil War 1965–1966 27 20 47 283 330
Korean DMZ Conflict 1966-1969 75 6 81 111 192
USS Liberty incident 1967 0 34 34 171 205
Operation Eagle Claw 1980 0 8 8 4 12
Salvadoran Civil War 1980–1992 22 15 37 35 72
1982 Lebanon War 1982–1984 256 10 266 169 435
Operation Earnest Will 1987–1988 39 0 39 31 100
United States invasion of Grenada 1983 18 1 19 119 138
1986 United States bombing of Libya 1986 2 0 2 0 1
United States invasion of Panama 1989 23 40 324 364
Gulf War 1990–1991 149 145 294 849 1,143 2
Operation Provide Comfort 1991–1996 1 18 19 4 23
Operation Restore Hope 1992–1993 29 14 43 153 196
Operation Uphold Democracy 1994–1995 1 3 4 3 7
Colombian conflict 1994–present 0 8 8 8
Bosnian War 1992–1995 1 11 12 12
Kosovo War 1998–1999 4 14 18 N/A 18+
War in Afghanistan 2001-2021 1,910 415 2,325 20,093 22,311
Iraq War 2003–2011 3,519 973 4,492 32,222 36,710 3
Operation Inherent Resolve 2014–present 16 60 76 81 157
Raid on Yakla 2017 1 1 3 4
Total 1775–2019 666,441+ 673,929+ 1,354,664+ 1,498,240+ 2,852,901+ 40,031+

Wars ranked by U.S. battle deaths

Rank War Years Deaths
1 World War II 1941–1945 291,557
2 American Civil War 1861–1865 214,938
3 World War I 1917–1918 53,402
4 Vietnam War 1955–1975 47,434
5 Korean War 1950–1953 33,686
6 American Revolutionary War 1775–1783 8,000
7 Iraq War 2003–2011 4,424
8 War of 1812 1812–1815 2,260
9 War in Afghanistan 2001–2021 1,833
10 Mexican–American War 1846–1848 1,733
U.S. combat deaths by war
World War II
291,557
American Civil War
214,938
World War I
53,402
Vietnam War
47,434
Korean War
33,686
American Revolutionary War
8,000
Iraq War
3,836
War of 1812
2,260
War in Afghanistan
1,833
Mexican American War
1,733

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

Rank War Years Deaths Deaths per day U.S. population in
first year of war
Deaths as percentage
of population
1 American Civil War 1861–1865 655,000 (est.)(U.S./Confederate) 449 31,443,000 2.083% (1860)
2 World War II 1941–1945 405,399 297 133,402,000 0.307% (1940)
3 World War I 1917–1918 116,516 200 103,268,000 0.110% (1920)
4 Vietnam War 1961–1975 58,209 11 179,323,175 0.032% (1970)
5 Korean War 1950–1953 36,574 30 151,325,000 0.024% (1950)
6 American Revolutionary War 1775–1783 25,000 11 2,500,000 1.00% (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 Iraq War 2003–2011 4,576 2 294,043,000 0.002% (2010)
10 Philippine–American War 1899–1902 4,196 3.8 72,129,001 0.006% (1900)
11 War in Afghanistan 2001–2021 2,432 0.4 294,043,000 0.001% (2010)
12 Spanish–American War 1898 2,246 9.6 62,022,250 0.004% (1890)

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


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