Deaths in War

War Deaths of US Military Members


Revolutionary War 1775-1781
4,435

War of 1812 1812-1815
2,260

Mexican War 1846-1848
1,733

Civil war 1861-1865
74,524 Confederate deaths
140,414 Union deaths

Spanish-American War 1898-1901
385 battle deaths

World War I 1917-1918
53,402 battle deaths

World War II 1941-1946
291,557 battle deaths

Korean War 1950-1953
33,739 battle deaths

Vietnam War 1964-1973
47,434 battle deaths

Persian Gulf War 1990-1991
147 battle deaths

Wars in Afghanistan and Irag
1,538 killed in actin in Afghanistain
3,526 killed in action in Iraq
FYI:

Detroit, nation’s murder capital
339 in 2009
308 in 201
344 in 2011 [Yahoo]

Baltimore is a top five murder capital
Baltimore, which was also fifth in murder rate in 2009, in 2010 it trailed only New Orleans, Flint, Mich., St. Louis and Detroit, the latter of which also saw a steep decline in murders but couldn’t shake its top-five ranking. [baltimoresun.com]

Murders in Washington DC
132 in 2012
472 in 1990 [Yahoo.com]