Comparative death rates of selected US wars
a Plains Feeder Annex
03/24/08
Name of War Dates Duration – yrs Total Dead Dead/yr Missing Total Dead and Missing Dead + Missing/yr
American Revolutionary War 1775–1783 8 25,000.00 3,125.00
25,000.00 3,125.00
War of 1812 1812–1815 3 20,000.00 6,666.67
20,000.00 6,666.67
Mexican-American War 1846–1848 2 13,283.00 6,641.50
13,283.00 6,641.50
Civil War: total 1861–1865 4 625,000.00 156,250.00
625,000.00 156,250.00
Spanish-American War 1898 1 2,446.00 2,446.00
2,446.00 2,446.00
Philippine War 1898–1902 4 4,196.00 1,049.00
4,196.00 1,049.00
World War I 1917–1918 1 116,516.00 116,516.00 3,350.00 119,866.00 119,866.00
World War II 1941–1945 4 405,399.00 101,349.75 30,314.00 435,713.00 108,928.25
Korean War 1950–1953 3 36,516.00 12,172.00 8,177.00 44,693.00 14,897.67
Vietnam War 1964–1973 9 58,151.00 6,461.22 2,489.00 60,640.00 6,737.78
Gulf War 1990–1991 1 299.00 299.00 1.00 300.00 300.00
Iraq War 2003-2008 5 4,000.00 800.00 4.00 4,004.00 800.80